Being Greek under Rome
Subtitle: Cultural Identity, the Second Sophistic and the Development of Empire
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 29, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780521030878
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Social history; Language Arts & Disciplines; History - General History; Language; Ancient World; Europe; Ancient - Rome; History / Ancient / Rome; Literary Collections / Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D; Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D Rome--; General
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.