EPINIKIA: Celebrating Roman Victory in the Eastern Provinces of the Empire
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https://doi.org/10.25365/tyche-2018-33-2Schlagworte:
Roman Victory, Greek Festivals, diplomacy, reciprocity, Sulla, triumph, Parthian wars, Lucius Verus, Severan dynasty, Gordian III, Boeotia, Athens, Ephesus, Cilicia, ThessalonicaAbstract
Across the eastern Mediterranean only a limited number of inscriptions, coins and papyri attest the term ἐπιν(ε)ίκια bestowed on local festivities. My paper studies for the first time the genesis and evolution of a particular title that could be presented as a sign of loyalty and friendship towards Roman rule. Through an analysis of mostly direct evidence, I aim to provide the perspective of certain local communities which, while subjected to Rome, remarkably strove to celebrate its victories. This bottom-up approach also seeks to show the importance of reciprocity in the constant diplomatic exchange between emperors, administrators and eastern provincials.
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