The Politics of Honour in the Greek Cities of the Roman Empire (Brill Studies in Greek and Roman Epigraphy) (English and French Edition)

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. Read more... Contents 5 Acknowledgements 9 List of Illustrations 10 List of Tables 12 List of Contributors 13 Introduction: Civic Honours, from Classical to Roman Times 15 Part 1 The Economy of Honour: Financial and Symbolic Exchanges 43 Chapter 1 Praise and Honour 45 Chapter 2 Les timai dans le discours civique et moral à la fin du ier siècle ap. J.-C. 73 Chapter 3 La gestion des statues honorifiques à Rhodes à la fin du ier siècle ap. J.-C. d’après le Rhodiakos de Dion de Pruse (Or. XXXI) 95 Chapter 4 The Financing of Public Honours in Greece during the Roman Imperial Period: The Case of Honorary Statues in the Cities of the Greek Mainland 123 Part 2 Honorific Communities: Competition and Negotiation 161 Chapter 5 Le témoignage de Chariton d’Aphrodisias sur la pratique civique des honneurs 163 Chapter 6 Un-civic Benefactions?: Gifts to Non-citizens and Civic Honours in the Greek Cities of the Roman East 196 Chapter 7 The Refusal of the Highest Honours by Members of the Urban Elite in Roman Asia Minor 213 Chapter 8 Decrees Awarding Offices for Life and by Hereditary Right as Honours 234 Part 3 The Impact of Rome: Integration and Domination 257 Chapter 9 Romans in the poleis of Greek Mainland and Adjacent Islands: The Evolution of Their Relations in the Light of Honorific Texts 259 Chapter 10 Les honneurs des cités d’Asie aux proches des gouverneurs 286 Chapter 11 Curateurs de cités et honneurs civiques 305 Chapter 12 Honouring Senators and Equestrians in the Graeco-Roman East 331 Chapter 13 Le premier des citoyens à Pergame sous le Haut-Empire : C. Antius Aulus Iulius Quadratus 353 Part 4 Cities and Empire: Honours between Local and Global 385 Chapter 14 Martyriai: Civic Honours and Imperial Government 387 Chapter 15 On the Rhetoric of Imperial Majesty: Elements of the Ideological Interaction between Emperor and Imperial Society on the Basis of Civic Decrees, Imperial Pronouncements and Literary Testimonies in the Greek East 400 Chapter 16 “στᾶ[ν]αι δὲ αὐτοῦ καὶ κατὰ φυλὴν ἀνδριάντας ἐν τῷ προσκηνίῳ”: Honorary Statues in the Theatres of Roman Greece 411 Chapter 17 The Agora as Setting for Honorific Statues in Roman Greece 446 Chapter 18 L’iconographie des honneurs civiques statuaires pour les notables d’époque impériale 469 Chapter 19 Le reflet des honneurs 510 Index of Sources 541 A Literary Texts 541 B Inscriptions 542 C Papyri 544 D Numismatic Sources 544 Index of Names and Subjects 545 Introduction: civic honours, from classical to Roman times / Anna Heller and Onno van Nijf -- Part I. The economy of honour: financial and symbolic exchanges -- Praise and honour / Olivier Gengler -- Les timai dans le discours civique et moral a la fin du Ier siecle ap. j.-c. / Anne Gangloff -- La gestion des statues honorifiques a Rhodes a la fin du Ier siecle ap. j.-c. d'apres le Rhodiakos de Dion de Pruse (Or. xxxi) / Henri-Louis Fernoux -- The financing of public honours in Greece during the Roman imperial period: the case of honorary statues in the cities of the Greek mainland / Francesco Camia -- Part II. Honorific communities: competition and negotiation -- Le temoignage de Chariton d'Aphrodisias sur la pratique civique des honneurs / Sophie Lalanne -- Un-civic benefactions?: gifts to non-citizens and civic honours in the Greek cities of the Roman east / Arjan Zuiderhoek -- The refusal of the highest honours by members of the urban elites in Roman Asia Minor / Christina T. Kuhn -- Decrees awarding offices for life and by hereditary right as honours / Nikos Giannakopoulos -- Part III. The impact of Rome: integration and domination -- Romans in the poleis of Greek mainland and adjacent islands: the evolution of their relations in the light of honorific texts / Sofia Zoumbaki -- Les honneurs des cites d'Asie aux proches des gouverneurs / Gabrielle Frija -- Curateurs de cites et honneurs civiques / Eric Guerber -- Honouring senators and equestrians in the Graeco-Roman east / Annika B. Kuhn -- Le premier des citoyens a pergame sous le Haut-empire: C. Antius, Aulus Iulius Quadratus / Olivier Ventroux -- Part IV. Cities and empire: honours between local and global -- Martyriai: civic honours and imperial government / Christina Kokkinia -- On the rhetoric of imperial majesty: elements of the ideological interaction between emperor and imperial society on the basis of civic decrees, imperial pronouncements and literary testimonies in the Greek east / Kostas Buraselis -- Honorary statues in the theatres of Roman Greece / Valentina Di Napoli -- The agora as setting for honorific statues in Roman Greece / Christopher Dickenson -- L'iconographie des honneurs civiques statuaires pour les notables d'epoque imperiale / Martin Szewczyk -- Le reflet des honneurs / Jean-Baptiste Yon. La 4e de couverture indique : "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 (1st-3rd centuries 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." 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 the monuments through which it is accessible. The focus is on the Imperial period (1st-3rd centuries 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 The Politics Of Honour In The Greek Cities Of The Roman Empire Studies The Honorific Habits In The Later Greek City, And In Particular The Honorific Inscriptions That Were Set Up For Citizens, Magistrates And (foreign) Benefactors.