Format:
190 Seiten
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9088904812
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9789088904813
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9789088904806
Series Statement:
Publications of the Netherlands Institute at Athens 6
Content:
At the beginning of the first century BC Athens was an independent city bound to Rome through a friendship alliance. By the end of the first century AD the city had been incorporated into the Roman province of Achaea. Along with Athenian independence perished the notion of Greek self-rule. The rest of Achaea was ruled by the governor of Macedonia already since 146 BC, but the numerous defections of Greek cities during the first century BC show that Roman rule was not yet viewed as inevitable. In spite of the definitive loss of self-rule this was not a period of decline. Attica and the Peloponnese were special regions because of their legacy as cultural and religious centres of the Mediterranean. Supported by this legacy communities and individuals engaged actively with the increasing presence of Roman rule and its representatives. The archaeological and epigraphic records attest to the continued economic vitality of the region: buildings, statues, and lavish tombs were still being constructed. There is hence need to counterbalance the traditional discourses of weakness on Roman Greece, and to highlight how acts of remembering were employed as resources in this complex political situation. This interdisciplinary volume traces strategies of remembering in city building, funerary culture, festival and association, honorific practices, Greek literature, and political ideology. The variety of these strategies attests to the vitality of the region. In times of transition the past cannot be ignored: actors use what came before, in diverse and complex ways, in order to build the present
Note:
Literaturangaben
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"These articles are extended versions of the papers given at the conference 'Strategies of remembering in Greece under Rome', which took place at the Netherlands Institute in Athens from the 19th to the 21st of October, 2016." - (Introduction, Seite 15)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789088904820
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Strategies of remembering in Greece under Rome (100 BC - 100 AD) Leiden : Sidestone Press, 2017 ISBN 9789088904820
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Römisches Reich
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Kollektives Gedächtnis
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Kulturelle Identität
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Rezeption
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Geschichte 100 v. Chr.-100
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Griechenland
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Kollektives Gedächtnis
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Römerzeit
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Geschichte 100 v. Chr.-100
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