Marcus Aurelius: Aspects of Civic and Cultural Policy in the EastAn important inscription, found in the Roman market place in Athens, is here published for the first time. Although fragmentary, it preserves the text of a formal letter from Marcus Aurelius directed to the Athenians in the year A.D. 174/5. The Roman emperor's decisions in cases concerning office holding, membership of the council, and the appointment of the Athenian members of the Panhellenion (the council of cities established by Hadrian) are recorded. Elicited by a complaint to the emperor from prominent citizens, the letter also sheds light on the brutal political quarrels that swirled around the Athenian administrator, Herodes Atticus, builder of some of Athens's best-known monuments. |
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Contents
CONSTITUTIONAL AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS | 43 |
JEALOUSY WAR REFORM AND INNOVATION | 66 |
THE ATTIC PANHELLENION | 92 |
INDEX | 139 |
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| Title | Marcus Aurelius: Aspects of Civic and Cultural Policy in the East Hesperia (Princeton, N.J.). 13 Issue 13 of Hesperia (Princeton, N.J.).: Supplement Volume 13 of Hesperia: Supplement, ISSN 1064-1173 Volume 13 of Supplement], [Hesperia |
| Author | James Henry Oliver |
| Contributor | American School of Classical Studies at Athens |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | ASCSA, 1970 |
| ISBN | 0876615132, 9780876615133 |
| Length | 160 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Ancient / Greece History / Ancient / Rome Social Science / Archaeology |
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