Greek Cities and Roman Governors

Garrett Ryan earned his PhD in Greek and Roman History from the University of Michigan and has taught at several universities. He is the author of Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants and runs the public history project toldinstone.com.

• Acknowledgements; List of figures; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1. The City; Chapter 2. The Governor; Chapter 3. Adventus; Chapter 4. The Assizes; Chapter 5. A Festival at Ephesus; Epilogue; Appendices; I. Monumental Cityscapes in Imperial Greek Rhetoric; II. Building Greek Places in Italy; III. Remembering a Governor; Bibliography; Index

"[E]sta monografía aporta una perspectiva novedosa y estimulante sobre el papel que jugaron los programas arquitectónicos y decorativos públicos de las ciudades de Asia Menor como transmisores de la identidad de sus comunidades e instrumentos de la comunicación política de las élites locales y los representantes del poder imperial." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review[This monograph provides a new and stimulating perspective on the role played by the architectural and decorative public programs of the cities of Asia Minor as transmitters of the identity of their communities and instruments of political communication of local elites and representatives of the imperial power.]