Institute for the Classical Tradition

ANRW II.7.2, pp. 658-697

The Cities of Asia Minor under the Roman Imperium by Anthony D. Macro, Trinity College, Hartford, U.S.A. Contents
Preface	659
Introduction	659
I. Augustan Policy towards the East	660
1. Confirmation of the Provincial Upper-class as Representatives of Rome	660
2. Roman Republican and Imperial Preference for Timocratic Government	661
3. Absence of Deliberate Romanization in Asia Minor	662
II. The Formation of the Provinces of Asia Minor	663
1. Asia	663
2. Cilicia	664
3. Bithynia et Pontus	665
4. Galatia	666
5. Lycia et Pamphylia	666
6. Cappadocia	667
III. Provincial Administration	667
1. Imperial Taxation	667
2. Interference in the Affairs of the Cities by the Imperial Government	668
a) Finance	668
b) Jurisdiction	670
IV. Urbanization of Asia Minor	672
1. Urbanization in Asia Minor as Imperial Policy	672
2. Dissemination of Hellenic Culture	674
3. Colonies	674
4. Free Cities	676
V. The Administration of the Greek City	677
1. Magistracies and Liturgies	677
2. Executive Officers: Magistracies	678
3. Liturgies	680
4. Societies	681
5. The 'Koinon' of Asia	681
VI. Civic Pride and Patriotism	682
1. Monumental Display	682
2. Sources of Income for the Cities	684
3. The Munificence of the Local Ruling Elites	684
4. The Success of the Ulpii Carminii of Aphrodisias	686
VII. Local Politics	687
1. Unwillingness to Assume the Burdens of Office	687
2. Immunity (ateleia)	688
3. Social Unrest in the Cities	690
4. The Place of Rhetoric	692
a) The Second Sophistic	693
5. Aristocratic 'ennui' and Nostalgia	694
Select Bibliography and Abbreviated Titles	695