1st Edition

Greek Cities and Roman Governors Placing Power in Imperial Asia Minor

By Garrett Ryan Copyright 2022
172 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

172 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

172 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This volume uses the travels of Roman governors to explore how authority was defined in and by the public places of Greek cities. By demonstrating that the places where imperial officials and local notables met were integral to the strategies by which they communicated with one another, Greek Cities and Roman Governors sheds new light on the significance of civic space in the Roman provinces.... Read more

Acknowledgements

List of figures

List of abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1. The City

Chapter 2. The Governor

Chapter 3. Adventus

Chapter 4. The Assizes

Chapter 5. A Festival at Ephesus

Epilogue

Appendices

I. Monumental Cityscapes in Imperial Greek Rhetoric

II. Building Greek Places in Italy

III. Remembering a Governor

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Garrett Ryan earned his PhD in Greek and Roman History from the University of Michigan and has taught at several universities. He is the author of Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants and runs the public history project toldinstone.com.

"[E]sta monografía aporta una perspectiva novedosa y estimulante sobre el papel que jugaron los programas arquitectónicos y decorativos públicos de las ciudades de Asia Menor como transmisores de la identidad de sus comunidades e instrumentos de la comunicación política de las élites locales y los representantes del poder imperial." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review

[This monograph provides a new and stimulating perspective on the role played by the architectural and decorative public programs of the cities of Asia Minor as transmitters of the identity of their communities and instruments of political communication of local elites and representatives of the imperial power.]