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Eager to be Roman : Greek response to Roman rule in Pontus and Bithynia /

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 h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Madsen, Jesper Majbom
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Duckworth, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.