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City Government in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor (Hardcover, New)
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City Government in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor examines the
social and administrative transformation of Greek society within
the early Roman empire, assessing the extent to which the numerous
changes in Greek cities during the imperial period ought to be
attributed to Roman influence. The topic is crucial to our
understanding of the foundations of Roman imperial power because
Greek speakers comprised the empire's second largest population
group and played a vital role in its administration, culture, and
social life.
This book elucidates the transformation of Greek society in this
period from a local point of view, mostly through the study of
local sources such as inscriptions and coins. By providing
information on public activities, education, family connections,
and individual careers, it shows the extent of and geographical
variation in Greek provincial reaction to the changes accompanying
the establishment of Roman rule. In general, new local
administrative and social developments during the period were most
heavily influenced by traditional pre-Roman practices, while
innovations were few and of limited importance.
Concentrating on the province of Asia, one of the most urbanized
Greek-speaking provinces of Rome, this work demonstrates that Greek
local administration remained diverse under the Romans, while at
the same time local Greek nobility gradually merged with the Roman
ruling class into one imperial elite. This conclusion interprets
the interference of Roman authorities in local administration as a
form of interaction between different segments of the imperial
elite, rejecting the old explanation of such interference as a
display of Roman control over subjects.
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