Institute for the Classical Tradition
ANRW II.7.2, pp. 857-901
 
Bithynia: Roman Sovereignty and the Survival of Hellenism
by B. F. Harris, North Ryde, N. S. W.

Contents

Introduction 857
I. The rise to power of the Bithynian kingdom 858
II. The Roman intervention 862

1. From Prusias II to the annexation of Bithynia

862

2. Freedom and hellenization

866
III. Bithynia as a Republican province 869

1. The settlement of Pompey

869

2. Roman governors and financiers

870
IV. Bithynia in the early Empire 874

1. Adaptation and recovery: Augustus to Nerva

874

a) The Julio-Claudians

874

b) The Flavian emperors

880

2. The anatomy of a province: Bithynia under Trajan

883

a) Pliny's correspondence with Trajan

885

b) The speeches of Dio of Prusa

889

c) The theory of the principate

893
V. From Hadrian to Constantine 894
Bibliography 899
Illustration 901
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