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Author Thonemann, Peter.

Title Roman Phrygia : culture and society / Peter Thonemann
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (326 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Greek Culture in the Roman World
Greek culture in the Roman world.
Contents Maps and figures; Contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Phrygia: an anarchist history, 950 BC-AD 100; Introduction; The land of Phrygia: a sketch; Phrygia 950-330 BC: society against the state; Phrygia 330-100 BC: acculturation and colonialism; Phrygia 100 BC-AD 1: the emergence of civic life; Roman Phrygia: an urban society?; Conclusion: being Phrygian; 2 In the Phrygian mode: a region seen from without*; 3 The personal onomastics of Roman Phrygia*; 1. The Phrygians in Asia Minor: archaic and classical periods; 2. Hellenistic Phrygia; 3. Roman Phrygia; 4. Survivals; 5. Conclusion
4 Grave monuments and local identities in Roman PhrygiaPreliminary remarks; The social function of grave-types with a door façade; Local identities in Roman Phrygia; Stories of urbanization; 5 Phrygians in relief: trends in self-representation; The archaeological context; The Phrygian cosmos; Props: building biographies; The Phrygian body; Clothing; The arm sling; Military uniform; The peasant cloak; Phrygian women: further comments; Phrygian families; The depiction of children; Physical touch; Households and extended families; Concluding remarks: lives in stone
6 Households and families in Roman PhrygiaEpitaphs and social history; 'Nuclear' families; The Phrygian 'norm': the extended multiple-family household; Marriage: the ubiquitous daughter-in-law, the absent son-in-law; Marriage: age, custom; Children: sons and daughters; Slaves and threptoi; Conclusion; 7 Law in Roman Phrygia: rules and jurisdictions*; Outlining the problems; Justice and its practitioners; Patterns of jurisdiction; Interaction of rules; Conclusion; 8 An epigraphic probe into the origins of Montanism*; 9 The 'crypto-Christian' inscriptions of Phrygia
Introduction: Christianity in PhrygiaCrypto-Christianity: a short history; Christian epitaphic formulae; The uses of ambiguity; Conclusion; 10 Phrygian marble and stonemasonry as markers of regional distinctiveness in Late Antiquity; Roman Imperial period; Late Antiquity; Church building; Dokimeion in Late Antiquity; Pavonazzetto; Pilaster capitals; Architectural sculpture mainly used in central Anatolia; Liturgical furniture; Templon screens; Champlevé; Ambos; Summary and conclusion; 11 The history of an idea: tracing the origins of the MAMA project*; Bibliography; Index
Summary The first synthesis of the remarkable cultural history of the highlands of inner Anatolia under Roman rule
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Romans -- Turkey -- Phrygia
Sepulchral monuments -- Turkey -- Phrygia
Sculpture, Phrygian -- Turkey
Households -- Turkey -- Phrygia
Law -- Turkey -- Phrygia
Inscriptions, Latin -- Turkey -- Phrygia
Marble industry and trade -- Turkey -- Phrygia
HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
Classical antiquities
Households
Inscriptions, Latin
Law
Marble industry and trade
Romans
Sculpture, Phrygian
Sepulchral monuments
Römerzeit
Kultur
Gesellschaft
SUBJECT Phrygia -- History
Phrygia -- Antiquities, Roman
Subject Asia -- Phrygia
Turkey
Phrygien
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2013010309
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