The Politics of Honour in the Greek Cities of the Roman Empire

The politics of honour in the Greek cities of the Roman Empire studies the honorific habits in the later Greek city, and in particular the honorific inscriptions that were set up for citizens, magistrates and (foreign) benefactors.

Anna Heller is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Tours. Her main interest lies in the social and institutional history of the Greek city under Roman rule, as it emerges from the epigraphical evidence from Asia Minor.Onno van Nijf is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Groningen. He is a specialist on the Greek world under Roman rule. He has published on social and political history, and athletics in the later Greek city.Contributors are: Kostas Buraselis, Francesco Camia, Christopher Dickenson, Valentina Di Napoli, Henri-Louis Fernoux, Gabrielle Frija, Anne Gangloff, Olivier Gengler, Nikos Giannakopoulos, Eric Guerber, Christina Kokkinia, Annika Kuhn, Christina Kuhn, Sophie Lalanne, Martin Szewczyk, Olivier Ventroux, Jean-Baptiste Yon, Sophia Zoumbaki, Arjan Zuiderhoek