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Hadrian and the Cities of the Roman Empire
Mary Taliaferro Boatwright
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Sachbuch / Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Antike
Beschreibung
Cities throughout the Roman Empire flourished during the reign of Hadrian (A.D. 117–138), a phenomenon that not only strengthened and legitimized Roman dominion over its possessions but also revealed Hadrian as a masterful negotiator of power relationships. In this comprehensive investigation into the vibrant urban life that existed under Hadrian's rule, Mary T. Boatwright focuses on the emperor's direct interactions with Rome's cities, exploring the many benefactions for which he was celebrated on coins and in literary works and inscriptions. Although such evidence is often as imprecise as it is laudatory, its collective analysis, undertaken for the first time together with all other related material, reveals that over 130 cities received at least one benefaction directly from Hadrian. The benefactions, mediated by members of the empire's municipal elite, touched all aspects of urban life; they included imperial patronage of temples and hero tombs, engineering projects, promotion of athletic and cultural competitions, settlement of boundary disputes, and remission of taxes.
Even as he manifested imperial benevolence, Hadrian reaffirmed the self-sufficiency and traditions of cities from Spain to Syria, the major exception being his harsh treatment of Jerusalem, which sparked the Third Jewish Revolt. Overall, the assembled evidence points to Hadrian's recognition of imperial munificence to cities as essential to the peace and prosperity of the empire. Boatwright's treatment of Hadrian and Rome's cities is unique in that it encompasses events throughout the empire, drawing insights from archaeology and art history as well as literature, economy, and religion.
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Pliny the Elder, Augustus (honorific), Hadrian, Ostia (Rome), Romanus, Pax Romana, Aelius Aristides, Aelia Capitolina, Roman consul, Roman province, Roman Government, Antoninus Pius, Pontifex Maximus, Mauretania Caesariensis, Roman emperor, Roman citizenship, Sicilia (Roman province), Praetor, Colonies in antiquity, Africa (Roman province), Ephesus, Latins (Italic tribe), Roman Italy, Roman Greece, Roman Republic, Roman Senate, Herod Agrippa, Munera (ancient Rome), Culture of ancient Rome, Forum of Augustus, Judea (Roman province), Italica, Roman Emperor (Dominate), Flavian dynasty, Roman Empire, Baths of Trajan, Papirius (pontifex), Julian (emperor), Roman governor, Suetonius, Greco-Roman world, Arch of Hadrian (Athens), Gallienus, Trajan, Roman temple, Vitruvius, Roman economy, Roman legion, Roman Law, Cassius Dio, Temple of Diana (Rome), Temple of Isis (Pompeii), Roman Agora, Roman naming conventions, Hellenistic period, Roman Emperor (Principate), Herodes Atticus, Tiberius Claudius, Imperial cult (ancient Rome), Proconsul, The Ancient City, Temple of Hadrian, Roman Religion, Diocletian, Praefectus urbi, Aulus Gellius, Pantheon, Rome, Colossus of Nero, Roman art, Roman imperial period (chronology)