Eager to be Roman Greek response to Roman rule in Pontus and Bithynia Jesper Majbom Madsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Madsen, Jesper Majbom, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pontus--History.

Pontus.

Bithynia--History.

Bithynia.

Pontus--Civilization--Roman influences.

Bithynia--Civilization--Roman influences.

Rome--Colonies--Turkey.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Place of Publication:

London Duckworth 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Eager to be Roman is an important investigation into the ways in which the population of Pontus et Bithynia, a Greek province in the northwestern part of Asia Minor (on the southern shore of the Black Sea), engaged culturally with the Roman Empire. Scholars have long presented Greek provincials as highly attached to their Hellenic background and less affected by Rome's influence than Spaniards, Gauls or Britons. More recent studies have acknowledged that some elements of Roman culture and civic life found their way into Greek communities and that members of the Greek elite obtained Roman citizen rights and posts in the imperial administration, though for purely pragmatic reasons. Drawing on a detailed investigation of literary works and epigraphic evidence, Jesper Madsen demonstrates that Greek intellectuals and members of the local elite in this province were in fact keen to identify themselves as Roman, and that imperial connections and Roman culture were prestigious in the eyes of their Greek readers and fellow-citizens.--Book jacket

Eager to be Roman is an important investigation into the ways in which the population of Pontus et Bithynia, a Greek province in the northwestern part of Asia Minor (on the southern shore of the Black Sea), engaged culturally with the Roman Empire. Scholars have long presented Greek provincials as highly attached to their Hellenic background and less affected by Rome's influence than Spaniards, Gauls or Britons. More recent studies have acknowledged that some elements of Roman culture and civic life found their way into Greek communities and that members of the Greek elite obtained Roman citizen rights and posts in the imperial administration, though for purely pragmatic reasons. Drawing on a detailed investigation of literary works and epigraphic evidence, Jesper Madsen demonstrates that Greek intellectuals and members of the local elite in this province were in fact keen to identify themselves as Roman, and that imperial connections and Roman culture were prestigious in the eyes of their Greek readers and fellow-citizens.

Contents:

A Governor at Work

Roman Rule in Pontus and Bithynia

The Pompeian provincialisation

The polis constitution in Pontus and Bithynia

Emperor-worship : Greek traditions and Roman influence

A question on temples

Greek autonomy and Roman rule

Greeks in the Roman World

Greek influence on Roman politics

In Roman service

Roman Greeks

Turning Roman in Pontus and Bithynia

Becoming legally Roman

Affiliation to the emperor

Roman names, status and identity

Roman identity and Greek pragmatism

Responses to Roman rule

Dio Chrysostom : a bitter patriot

L. Flavius Arrianus : a Roman authority and a nostalgic Greek

Cassius Dio : a Roman from Bithynia

Preface

List of illustrations

Introduction

1. A Governor at Work

2. Roman Rule in Pontus and Bithynia

The polis constitution in Pontus and Bithynia

Emperor-worship: Greek traditions and Roman influence

A question of temples

3. Greeks in the Roman World

4. Turning Roman in Pontus and Bithynia

5. Responses to Roman Rule

Dio Chrysostom: a bitter patriot

L. Flavius Arrianus: a Roman authority and a nostalgic Greek

Cassius Dio: a Roman from Bithynia

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index Locorum

General Index

Notes:

"This book is a rewritten version of my PhD dissertation, completed at Aarhus University (Denmark) in June 2006 under the supervision of Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen"--pages vii

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-157) and indexes

ISBN:

9781472540669

1472540662

9781472519740

1472519744

OCLC:

861081609