The Politics of Honour in the Greek Cities of the Roman Empire
Publisher: Brill
Published: Oct 26, 2017
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9789004329591
Description: The volume 'The politics of honour in the Greek cities of the Roman Empire', co-edited by Anna Heller and Onno van Nijf, studies the public honours that Greek cities bestowed upon their own citizens and foreign dignitaries and benefactors. These included civic praise, crowns, proedria, public funerals, honorific statues and monuments. The authors discuss the development of this honorific system, and in particular the epigraphic texts and monuments through which it is accessible. The focus is on the Imperial period (1-3 AD). The papers investigate the forms of honour, the procedures and formulae of local practices, as well as the changes in local honorific habits that resulted from the integration of the Greek cities in the Roman Empire.
Notes: Source title: The Politics of Honour in the Greek Cities of the Roman Empire (Brill Studies in Greek and Roman Epigraphy) (English and French Edition)