LEADER 05578nam 22006371c 450 001 9910464948003321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a1-4725-4066-2 010 $a1-4725-1974-4 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472540669 035 $a(CKB)3710000000020636 035 $a(EBL)1477388 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001001127 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12460815 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001001127 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10966376 035 $a(PQKB)11629511 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1477388 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1477388 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10775506 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL603445 035 $a(OCoLC)861081609 035 $a(OCoLC)859536222 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255508 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000020636 100 $a20140929d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEager to be Roman $eGreek response to Roman rule in Pontus and Bithynia $fJesper Majbom Madsen 210 1$aLondon $cDuckworth $d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (177 p.) 300 $a"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 311 $a0-7156-3753-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 149-157) and indexes 327 $aA 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 327 $aPreface -- List of illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. A Governor at Work -- 2. 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 of temples -- Greek autonomy and Roman rule -- 3. Greeks in the Roman World -- Greek influence on Roman politics -- In Roman service -- Roman Greeks -- 4. Turning Roman in Pontus and Bithynia -- Becoming legally Roman -- Affiliation to the emperor -- Roman names, status and identity -- Roman identity and Greek pragmatism -- 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 330 $aEager 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 330 8 $aEager 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. 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