Citizenship, culture and ideology in Roman Greece

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dc.contributor.authorNay, Jamie P.
dc.contributor.supervisorRowe, Gregory
dc.date.accessioned2007-08-30T19:02:27Z
dc.date.available2007-08-30T19:02:27Z
dc.date.copyright2007en_US
dc.date.issued2007-08-30T19:02:27Z
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Greek and Roman Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractA study of the cultural and ideological effects of Roman citizenship on Greeks living in the first three centuries AD. The ramifications of the extension of citizenship to these Greeks illustrates that ideas such as 'culture' and 'identity' are not static terms, but constructions of a particular social milieu at any given point in time. Roman citizenship functioned as a kind of ideological apparatus that, when given to a non-Roman, questioned that individual's native identity. This thesis addresses, via an examination of four sources, all of whom were Greeks with Roman citizenship - Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Paul in the Acts of the Apostles, Ulpian, the minters of eastern civic coins - the extent to which one could remain 'Greek' while participating in one of the most Roman institutions of the Empire. Utilizing these sources with the aid of a number of theoretical bases (notably Louis Althusser and Pierre Bourdieu), this study attempts to come to a conclusion about the nature of 'Romanness' in the ancient world.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/217
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectromeen_US
dc.subjectgreeceen_US
dc.subjectcultureen_US
dc.subjectideologyen_US
dc.subjectcitizenshipen_US
dc.subjectidentityen_US
dc.subjectapparatusen_US
dc.subjectideological apparatusen_US
dc.subjecthabitusen_US
dc.subjectraceen_US
dc.subjectdionysius of halicarnassusen_US
dc.subjectulpianen_US
dc.subjectcoinageen_US
dc.subjectcoinsen_US
dc.subjectpaulen_US
dc.subjecttarsusen_US
dc.subjectacts of the apostlesen_US
dc.subjectlawen_US
dc.subjectlegalen_US
dc.subjectlouis althusseren_US
dc.subjectpierre bourdieuen_US
dc.subjectromanizationen_US
dc.subjectromanitasen_US
dc.subjectnumismaticsen_US
dc.subjectroman empireen_US
dc.subjectimperialen_US
dc.subjectdio chrysostomen_US
dc.subjectethnographyen_US
dc.subjecthistoriographyen_US
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::History::History, Ancienten_US
dc.titleCitizenship, culture and ideology in Roman Greeceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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