Being Greek under Rome
Subtitle: Cultural Identity, the Second Sophistic and the Development of Empire
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 11, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780521663175
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; History of religion; BCE to c 500 CE; History; Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D; Literary Collections; History - General History; Rome; Literature: Classics; Ancient Rome; Europe; Ancient - Rome; History / Ancient / Rome; Literary Collections / Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D; Civilization; Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Greek influences; Sophists (Greek philosophy)
First sentence: Polybius is known for his Histories, which mark the beginning, or on any estimate an important beginning, of the project that in one way and another would occupy the bulk of extant Greek literature - its construal of cultural identity, in Greek writings from Roman citizens.