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· 2013

Greek and Roman Networks in the Mediterranean

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This collection of essays explores the multifaceted networks—religious, commercial, social, and political—that connected Greek and Roman societies across the Mediterranean, moving beyond the traditional focus on the polis.

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  • Analyzes religious, commercial, social, and political networks in the Greek and Roman Mediterranean.
  • Moves beyond the traditional focus on the polis to explore broader inter-regional connections.
  • Examines the transmission of cult titles, religious ideas, pottery, and coinage.
  • Investigates the impact of Roman expansion on existing Greek networks.
  • Utilizes network theory to understand social structures and historical developments.

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Abstract

1. Introduction Irad Malkin, Christy Constantokopoulou and Katerina Panagopoulou 2. Beyond and below the polis: Networks, associations and the writing of Greek history Kostas Vlassopoulos 3. Network theory and Theoric Networks Ian Rutherford 4. Did the Delphic Amphiktiony play a political role in the classical period? Simon Hornblower 5. Pythios and Pythion: The spread of a cult title J.K. Davies 6. Cults of Demeter Eleusinia and the transmission of religious ideas Hugh Bowden 7. What travelled with Greek pottery? Robin Osborne 8. Networks of commerce and knowledge in the Iron Age: The case of the Phoenicians Michael Sommer 9. Networks of Rhodians in Karia Riet van Bremen 10. Libanius' social networks: understanding the social structure of the later Roman empire Isabella Sandwell 11. Network theory and religious innovation Anna Collar 12. Commercial networks in the Mediterranean and the diffusion of early Attic red-figure pottery Paleothodoros 13. Brotherhoods of faith and providence: The non-public associations of the Greek world Gabrielsen 14. Thessalians abroad: The case of Pharsalos Stamatopoulou 15. Profitable Networks: Coinages, Panegyreis, and the Dionysiac Artists Psoma 16. On the road to India with Apollonios of Tyana and Thomas the Apostle Reger 17. Via Egnatia after Egnatius: Imperial policy ander inter-regional contacts Lolos 18. Hadrian's Panhellenion: A network of cities? Doukellis 19. Merchant networks in the Greek world: The impact of Rome Rathbone

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Field: Archeology (Arts and Humanities)

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