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Urban life and local politics in Roman Bithynia : the small world of Dion Chrysostomos / by Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen

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Bekker-Nielsen, Tønnes
Published
Aarhus ; Oakville, CT : Aarhus University Press, [2008]
Copyright Date
©2008
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1 online resource (211 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Contents
Before the Romans -- Windows on the past -- The urban environment -- Political institutions -- The political class -- A political biography : Dion Chrysostomos -- The Bithynian cities under the Later Empire -- Conclusions : urban life and local politics.
Summary
Most studies of Roman local administration focus on the formal structures of power: provincial laws, imperial edicts, urban institutions and magistracies. This book explores the interplay of formal politics with informal factors such as social prejudice, parochialism and personal rivalries in the cities of northwestern Asia Minior form the first to the fifth centuries AD. Through a detailed analysis of the municipal speeches and career of the philosopher-politician Dion Chrysostomos, we gain new insights into the petty conflicts and lofty ambitions of an ancient provincial small-town politician and those around him.
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9788779346727 (electronic bk.)
8779346723 (electronic bk.)
8779343503 (hbk.)
9788779343504 (hbk.)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-195)-and indexes.
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