Informationen zum Autor Martin Hallmannsecker studied Greek Philology and Ancient History at the universities of Munich and Oxford and obtained his doctorate in Ancient History at the University of Oxford in 2019. Until 2023, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the University of Vienna with a specialization in Greek epigraphy and Roman Asia Minor. He is now working as Classics editor for the publishing house C.H.Beck in Munich. Anna Heller is a former student of the Ã?cole Normale SupÃ(c)rieure-Paris. After a degree in Classical Philology, she studied epigraphy and ancient history, and completed her PhD at the Ã?cole Pratique des Hautes Ã?tudes. She has been Assistant Professor at the universities of Limoges and Tours, before getting a position of Full Professor of Ancient History in Tours in 2015. Her main interest lies in the social and institutional history of the Greek cities under Roman rule, as it emerges from the epigraphical evidence from Asia Minor. She is also interested in quantitative methods applied to historical sources. Klappentext This handbook covers various aspects of the Greek cities in the Roman Empire from different perspectives. This topic has often been rather neglected in scholarship (and in public reception), but it gives both insights into Greek history (which do not stop after the Classical or Hellenistic periods) and an important aspect of the Roman Empire. Zusammenfassung This handbook covers various aspects of the Greek cities in the Roman Empire from different perspectives. This topic has often been rather neglected in scholarship (and in public reception), but it gives both insights into Greek history (which do not stop after the Classical or Hellenistic periods) and an important aspect of the Roman Empire. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Sources and Methods 1.1: Angelos Chaniotis: The Epigraphic Culture of the Greek Cities in the Roman East 1.2: Antony Hostein: Civic Coinage 1.3: Ewen Bowie: Literary Sources for Greek Cities of the Roman Empire 1.4: Ursula Quatember: Archaeological Sources and Civic Life 1.5: Aitor Blanco-PÃ(c)rez: Onomastics and Prosopography 1.6: Emma Dench: The Greek City of the Roman Empire: Questions of Identity 2. Civic Institutions 2.1: Giovanna D. Merola: The Legal Status of the Greek Poleis in the Roman Empire 2.2: Lina Girdvainyte: Greek and Roman Citizenships 2.3: Nigel Kennell: Age Groups and Civic Subdivisions 2.4: Christina T. Kuhn: The Deliberative Institutions: The Council and Assembly 2.5: Nikos Giannakopoulos: Magistracies and Liturgies 3. Local Politics 3.1: Marcus Chin: Euergetism 3.2: Anna Heller: Civic Honours under Roman Rule 3.3: Christopher Dickenson: Constructing Public Space: Political and Pragmatic Considerations 3.4: Paul Erdkamp: The Urban Economy 3.5: Christopher J. Fuhrmann: Security, Military Culture, and Public Order 3.6: Arjan Zuiderhoek: Crises and Conflicts 3.7: Martin Hallmannsecker: Diplomacy and External Relations 3.8: Babett Edelmann-Singer: Cities and Koina 4. Civic Societies 4.1: Sophia Zoumbaki: Civic Hierarchies 4.2: Stephen Mitchell: Civic Countryside and Rural Life 4.3: Eftychia Stavrianopoulou: Women in Civic Societies 4.4: Benedikt Eckhardt: Clubs and Associations 4.5: Julie Bernini: Gymnasia and Baths 4.6: Karin Wiedergut: Necropoleis and Civic Funerary Culture 4.7: Alberto Dalla Rosa: Slavery and the Polis 5. Religion and Culture 5.1: Nicole Belayche: The 'Religious Realm' (ta theia) in the Eastern Mediterranean Cities 5.2: Manfred Lesgourgues: Oracles and the City 5.3: Gabrielle Frija: The Imperial Cults in the Greek Provinces 5.4: Naomi Carless Unwin: Festivals and Civic Culture 5.5: Krystyna Stebnicka: Intellectual Education and the City 6. Cities and Regions 6.1: Elena Muñiz-Grijalvo: Athens

Autorentext

Martin Hallmannsecker studied Greek Philology and Ancient History at the universities of Munich and Oxford and obtained his doctorate in Ancient History at the University of Oxford in 2019. Until 2023, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the University of Vienna with a specialization in Greek epigraphy and Roman Asia Minor. He is now working as Classics editor for the publishing house C.H.Beck in Munich.

Anna Heller is a former student of the École Normale SupÃ(c)rieure-Paris. After a degree in Classical Philology, she studied epigraphy and ancient history, and completed her PhD at the École Pratique des Hautes Études. She has been Assistant Professor at the universities of Limoges and Tours, before getting a position of Full Professor of Ancient History in Tours in 2015. Her main interest lies in the social and institutional history of the Greek cities under Roman rule, as it emerges from the epigraphical evidence from Asia Minor. She is also interested in quantitative methods applied to historical sources.

Klappentext

This handbook covers various aspects of the Greek cities in the Roman Empire from different perspectives. This topic has often been rather neglected in scholarship (and in public reception), but it gives both insights into Greek history (which do not stop after the Classical or Hellenistic periods) and an important aspect of the Roman Empire.

Inhalt

• Introduction

• 1. Sources and Methods

• 1.1: Angelos Chaniotis: The Epigraphic Culture of the Greek Cities in the Roman East

• 1.2: Antony Hostein: Civic Coinage

• 1.3: Ewen Bowie: Literary Sources for Greek Cities of the Roman Empire

• 1.4: Ursula Quatember: Archaeological Sources and Civic Life

• 1.5: Aitor Blanco-PÃ(c)rez: Onomastics and Prosopography

• 1.6: Emma Dench: The Greek City of the Roman Empire: Questions of Identity

• 2. Civic Institutions

• 2.1: Giovanna D. Merola: The Legal Status of the Greek Poleis in the Roman Empire

• 2.2: Lina Girdvainyte: Greek and Roman Citizenships

• 2.3: Nigel Kennell: Age Groups and Civic Subdivisions

• 2.4: Christina T. Kuhn: The Deliberative Institutions: The Council and Assembly

• 2.5: Nikos Giannakopoulos: Magistracies and Liturgies

• 3. Local Politics

• 3.1: Marcus Chin: Euergetism

• 3.2: Anna Heller: Civic Honours under Roman Rule

• 3.3: Christopher Dickenson: Constructing Public Space: Political and Pragmatic Considerations

• 3.4: Paul Erdkamp: The Urban Economy

• 3.5: Christopher J. Fuhrmann: Security, Military Culture, and Public Order

• 3.6: Arjan Zuiderhoek: Crises and Conflicts

• 3.7: Martin Hallmannsecker: Diplomacy and External Relations

• 3.8: Babett Edelmann-Singer: Cities and Koina

• 4. Civic Societies

• 4.1: Sophia Zoumbaki: Civic Hierarchies

• 4.2: Stephen Mitchell: Civic Countryside and Rural Life

• 4.3: Eftychia Stavrianopoulou: Women in Civic Societies

• 4.4: Benedikt Eckhardt: Clubs and Associations

• 4.5: Julie Bernini: Gymnasia and Baths

• 4.6: Karin Wiedergut: Necropoleis and Civic Funerary Culture

• 4.7: Alberto Dalla Rosa: Slavery and the Polis

• 5. Religion and Culture

• 5.1: Nicole Belayche: The 'Religious Realm' (ta theia) in the Eastern Mediterranean Cities

• 5.2: Manfred Lesgourgues: Oracles and the City

• 5.3: Gabrielle Frija: The Imperial Cults in the Greek Provinces

• 5.4: Naomi Carless Unwin: Festivals and Civic Culture

• 5.5: Krystyna Stebnicka: Intellectual Education and the City

• 6. Cities and Regions

• 6.1: Elena Muñiz-Grijalvo: Athens

• 6.2: Jean-SÃ(c)bastien Balzat: Sparta and the Peloponnese

• 6.3: Christel MÃ ller: The Cities of Boeotia

• 6.4: Enora Le QuÃ(c)rÃ(c): The Cyclades

• 6.5: Julien Fournier: Thasos

• 6.6: Henri Fernoux: The Cities of Bithynia

• 6.7: François Kirbihler: Ephesos

• 6.8: Fabrice Delrieux: The Cities of Caria

• 6.9: Oliver HÃ lden: The Cities of Lycia

• 6.10: Sencan Alt noluk: The Cities of…