"Greece, the captive, took her savage victor captive ..." wrote the Roman poet Horace, and the assumption that Greece ultimately conquered Rome through its superior culture has tended to dictate past studies of Roman Greece. This book adopts a different approach, examining the i…
List of figures -- List of Tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Map of Achaea with major cities, mid-2nd century CE -- Map of the Roman Empire in the mid-2nd century CE -- Introduction: collective historical nostalgia in 2nd-century Achaea / Anna Kouremenos -- Memory and…
List of figures -- List of Tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Map of Achaea with major cities, mid-2nd century CE -- Map of the Roman Empire in the mid-2nd century CE -- Introduction: collective historical nostalgia in 2nd-century Achaea / Anna Kouremenos -- Memory and…
"The Province of Achaea in the 2nd Century CE explores the conception and utilization of the Greek past in the Roman province of Achaea in the 2nd century CE, and the reception of the artistic, cultural, and intellectual outputs of this century in later periods. Achaea, often de…
"The Province of Achaea in the 2nd Century CE explores the conception and utilization of the Greek past in the Roman province of Achaea in the 2nd century CE, and the reception of the artistic, cultural, and intellectual outputs of this century in later periods. Achaea, often de…
The last several decades have seen a dramatic increase in interest in the Roman period on the island of Crete. Ongoing and some long-standing excavations and investigations of Roman sites and buildings, intensive archaeological survey of Roman areas, and intensive research on ar…