The Oxford Handbook of Greek Cities in the Roman Empire

Martin Hallmannsecker studied Greek Philology and Ancient History at the universities of Munich and Oxford and obtained his doctorate in Ancient History at the University of Oxford in 2019. Until 2023, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the University of Vienna with a specialization in Greek epigraphy and Roman Asia Minor. He is now working as Classics editor for the publishing house C.H.Beck in Munich.

Anna Heller is a former student of the École Normale Supérieure-Paris. After a degree in Classical Philology, she studied epigraphy and ancient history, and completed her PhD at the École Pratique des Hautes Études. She has been Assistant Professor at the universities of Limoges and Tours, before getting a position of Full Professor of Ancient History in Tours in 2015. Her main interest lies in the social and institutional history of the Greek cities under Roman rule, as it emerges from the epigraphical evidence from Asia Minor. She is also interested in quantitative methods applied to historical sources.

Introduction, Martin Hallmannsecker and Anna Heller1. Sources and Methods1.1. The Epigraphic Culture of the Greek Cities in the Roman East, Angelos Chaniotis1.2. Civic Coinage, Antony Hostein1.3. Literary Sources for Greek Cities of the Roman Empire, Ewen Bowie1.4. Archaeological Sources and Civic Life, Ursula Quatember1.5. Onomastics and Prosopography, Aitor Blanco-Pérez1.6. The Greek City of the Roman Empire: Questions of Identity, Emma Dench2. Civic Institutions2.1. The Legal Status of the Greek Poleis in the Roman Empire, Giovanna D. Merola2.2. Greek and Roman Citizenships, Lina Girdvainyte2.3. Age Groups and Civic Subdivisions, Nigel Kennell2.4. The Deliberative Institutions: The Council and Assembly, Christina T. Kuhn2.5. Magistracies and Liturgies, Nikos Giannakopoulos3. Local Politics3.1. Euergetism, Marcus Chin3.2. Civic Honours under Roman Rule, Anna Heller3.3. Constructing Public Space: Political and Pragmatic Considerations, Christopher Dickenson3.4. The Urban Economy, Paul Erdkamp3.5. Security, Military Culture, and Public Order, Christopher J. Fuhrmann3.6. Crises and Conflicts, Arjan Zuiderhoek3.7. Diplomacy and External Relations, Martin Hallmannsecker3.8. Cities and Koina, Babett Edelmann-Singer4. Civic Societies4.1. Civic Hierarchies, Sophia Zoumbaki4.2. Civic Countryside and Rural Life, Stephen Mitchell4.3. Women in Civic Societies, Eftychia Stavrianopoulou4.4. Clubs and Associations, Benedikt Eckhardt4.5. Gymnasia and Baths, Julie Bernini4.6. Necropoleis and Civic Funerary Culture, Karin Wiedergut4.7. Slavery and the Polis, Alberto Dalla Rosa5. Religion and Culture5.1. The 'Religious Realm' (ta theia) in the Eastern Mediterranean Cities, Nicole Belayche5.2. Oracles and the City, Manfred Lesgourgues5.3. The Imperial Cults in the Greek Provinces, Gabrielle Frija5.4. Festivals and Civic Culture, Naomi Carless Unwin5.5. Intellectual Education and the City, Krystyna Stebnicka6. Cities and Regions6.1. Athens, Elena Muñiz-Grijalvo6.2. Sparta and the Peloponnese, Jean-Sébastien Balzat6.3. The Cities of Boeotia, Christel Müller6.4. The Cyclades, Enora Le Quéré6.5. Thasos, Julien Fournier6.6. The Cities of Bithynia, Henri Fernoux6.7. Ephesos, François Kirbihler6.8. The Cities of Caria, Fabrice Delrieux6.9. The Cities of Lycia, Oliver Hülden6.10. The Cities of Lydia, Sencan Altinoluk6.11. The Cities of the Lykos Valley, Alister Filippini6.12. Greek Cities in Roman Syria, Maurice Sartre6.13. The Greek Cities of Sicily, Lorenzo Campagna6.14. The Greek Cities of the Black Sea, Madalina Dana6.15. Cyrene and the Cities of Cyrenaica, François Chevrollier6.16. The Cities of Egypt, Peter van MinnenEpilogue: The End of Polis Culture?, Anne-Valérie Pont