Garrett Ryan

Greek Cities and Roman Governors (eBook, PDF)

Placing Power in Imperial Asia Minor

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This volume uses the travels of Roman governors to explore how authority was defined in and by the public places of Greek cities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000424904
• Artikelnr.: 62016700

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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

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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

Rezensionen

"[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.]

"[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.]