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Fondee en terre thrace par le roi Philippe II de Macedoine, la cite

grecque de Philippes fut, au cours de l'automne 42 av. J.-C., le theatre

de l'affrontement decisif entre l'armee des republicains Brutus et

Cassius et celle des heritiers de Cesar, Antoine et Octave. A l'issue de

la bataille, Antoine decida de tirer profit du vaste territoire

environnant pour y etablir les veterans des legions qui avaient combattu

et pour fonder une colonie romaine. S'appuyant sur une riche

documentation epigraphique, ce livre reconstitue la structure et le

fonctionnement des institutions de l'entite politique qui fut substituee

a la cite grecque a cette occasion, ainsi que la formation des elites

dirigeantes de la colonie et les dynamiques demographiques, sociales et

culturelles qui animerent ce groupe durant plus de trois siecles, de la

fondation de la colonie a la fin du IIIe s. apr. J.-C. Par le biais de

comparaisons avec les autres colonies fondees par Rome dans les

provinces orientales de l'Empire, avec les cites grecques et avec les

municipes et colonies d'Occident, l'etude s'efforce de replacer

Philippes dans le cadre general des communautes locales de l'Empire

romain, aussi bien que dans son contexte regional immediat. A travers

l'exemple de Philippes, ce livre montre que, bien loin d'avoir ete des

images statiques de Rome comme le pretend la formule celebre

d'Aulu-Gelle, les colonies, quoique dotees d'institutions calquees sur

un archetype elabore a Rome, en etaient plutot des ramifications

vivantes et autonomes, sensibles a leur environnement provincial et

disposant chacune d'une coloration particuliere.

Founded

on Thracian soil by Macedonian king Philip II, Philippi witnessed the

final battle between the Republican army of Brutus and Cassius and the

army of Antony and Octavian, the heirs to Caesar. In the aftermath of

the battle, which took place in the fall of 42 BCE, Antony decided to

take advantage of the large surrounding territory, settling the veterans

of the legions who had fought there and founding a Roman colony. Relying

on extensive epigraphic evidence, this book explores how the political

community that was founded in place of that Greek city was structured

and how it functioned, as well as traces the rise of the colony’s ruling

elite and the demographic, social, and cultural dynamics of this group

over the course of more than three centuries, from the establishment of

the colony until the end of the third century CE. Through the systematic

comparison of this colony with others that were settled by Rome in the

Eastern provinces of the Empire, along with other Greek cities and the

Western municipia and colonies, this book places Philippi within the

general framework of both the local communities of the Roman Empire and

its regional context. Through the example of Philippi, this book argues

that, though colonies were provided with set institutions patterned

after the Roman model, far from being static copies of Rome as assumed

by Gellius, they were living and autonomous offshoots influenced in turn

by their provincial environment, and ultimately each colony developed

its own specific and unique identity.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Ecole francaise d'Athenes
Country
France
Date
31 December 2018
Pages
399
ISBN
9782869582996

Fondee en terre thrace par le roi Philippe II de Macedoine, la cite

grecque de Philippes fut, au cours de l'automne 42 av. J.-C., le theatre

de l'affrontement decisif entre l'armee des republicains Brutus et

Cassius et celle des heritiers de Cesar, Antoine et Octave. A l'issue de

la bataille, Antoine decida de tirer profit du vaste territoire

environnant pour y etablir les veterans des legions qui avaient combattu

et pour fonder une colonie romaine. S'appuyant sur une riche

documentation epigraphique, ce livre reconstitue la structure et le

fonctionnement des institutions de l'entite politique qui fut substituee

a la cite grecque a cette occasion, ainsi que la formation des elites

dirigeantes de la colonie et les dynamiques demographiques, sociales et

culturelles qui animerent ce groupe durant plus de trois siecles, de la

fondation de la colonie a la fin du IIIe s. apr. J.-C. Par le biais de

comparaisons avec les autres colonies fondees par Rome dans les

provinces orientales de l'Empire, avec les cites grecques et avec les

municipes et colonies d'Occident, l'etude s'efforce de replacer

Philippes dans le cadre general des communautes locales de l'Empire

romain, aussi bien que dans son contexte regional immediat. A travers

l'exemple de Philippes, ce livre montre que, bien loin d'avoir ete des

images statiques de Rome comme le pretend la formule celebre

d'Aulu-Gelle, les colonies, quoique dotees d'institutions calquees sur

un archetype elabore a Rome, en etaient plutot des ramifications

vivantes et autonomes, sensibles a leur environnement provincial et

disposant chacune d'une coloration particuliere.

Founded

on Thracian soil by Macedonian king Philip II, Philippi witnessed the

final battle between the Republican army of Brutus and Cassius and the

army of Antony and Octavian, the heirs to Caesar. In the aftermath of

the battle, which took place in the fall of 42 BCE, Antony decided to

take advantage of the large surrounding territory, settling the veterans

of the legions who had fought there and founding a Roman colony. Relying

on extensive epigraphic evidence, this book explores how the political

community that was founded in place of that Greek city was structured

and how it functioned, as well as traces the rise of the colony’s ruling

elite and the demographic, social, and cultural dynamics of this group

over the course of more than three centuries, from the establishment of

the colony until the end of the third century CE. Through the systematic

comparison of this colony with others that were settled by Rome in the

Eastern provinces of the Empire, along with other Greek cities and the

Western municipia and colonies, this book places Philippi within the

general framework of both the local communities of the Roman Empire and

its regional context. Through the example of Philippi, this book argues

that, though colonies were provided with set institutions patterned

after the Roman model, far from being static copies of Rome as assumed

by Gellius, they were living and autonomous offshoots influenced in turn

by their provincial environment, and ultimately each colony developed

its own specific and unique identity.

Read More
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Ecole francaise d'Athenes
Country
France
Date
31 December 2018
Pages
399
ISBN
9782869582996