Routledge Greek Cities and Roman Governors - Imperial Asia Minor Studies

Explore how Roman governors shaped authority through the public spaces of Greek cities in this scholarly examination of power dynamics in imperial Asia Minor. This volume demonstrates that the places where imperial officials and local notables met were essential to their communication strategies, revealing how civic architecture and urban design reinforced political authority across the Roman provinces. By analysing the monumental cityscapes of Roman Asia Minor, the site of history's greatest classical building boom, this work offers fresh insights into the relationship between space, urbanism and imperial governance. Part of the Studies in Roman Space and Urbanism series, it combines archaeological evidence with historical analysis to understand how Greek cities negotiated their place within the Roman empire through the physical environment and ceremonial geography of urban centres.