From Democracy to Oligarchy – the Role of the Civic Elite Within the Community in Roman Delphi

Oligarchization was a widespread phenomenon that had similar features throughout the Greek world. The differences and variants, however, should not be overlooked. My goal is to present the Delphic version of oligarchization — a task that has not been undertaken so far. The article aims to present h...

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Autor principal:	Dominika Grzesik
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Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2019
Materias:	Delphi Imperial period oligarchization civic elite Ancient history D51-90 History of the arts NX440-632
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:23185b22738c4543927f3a568cd1c9fb2021-11-27T13:18:59ZFrom Democracy to Oligarchy – the Role of the Civic Elite Within the Community in Roman Delphi10.12797/SAAC.22.2018.22.061899-15482449-867Xhttps://doaj.org/article/23185b22738c4543927f3a568cd1c9fb2019-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/607https://doaj.org/toc/1899-1548https://doaj.org/toc/2449-867X Oligarchization was a widespread phenomenon that had similar features throughout the Greek world. The differences and variants, however, should not be overlooked. My goal is to present the Delphic version of oligarchization — a task that has not been undertaken so far. The article aims to present how the leading families of Delphi accumulated power and how they operated within a wider Roman world-system. I use the epigraphical and literary sources to assess the degree to which the illustrious families of Delphi entered the wider provincial and imperial elite, and indicate whether careers were of a more local nature. I conclude the paper by analyzing the relationship between the city and its elite and focus on the benefactions recorded in the epigraphic material. Dominika GrzesikKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleDelphiImperial periodoligarchizationcivic eliteAncient historyD51-90History of the artsNX440-632ENFRStudies in Ancient Art and Civilization, Vol 22 (2019)
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description	Oligarchization was a widespread phenomenon that had similar features throughout the Greek world. The differences and variants, however, should not be overlooked. My goal is to present the Delphic version of oligarchization — a task that has not been undertaken so far. The article aims to present how the leading families of Delphi accumulated power and how they operated within a wider Roman world-system. I use the epigraphical and literary sources to assess the degree to which the illustrious families of Delphi entered the wider provincial and imperial elite, and indicate whether careers were of a more local nature. I conclude the paper by analyzing the relationship between the city and its elite and focus on the benefactions recorded in the epigraphic material.
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title	From Democracy to Oligarchy – the Role of the Civic Elite Within the Community in Roman Delphi
title_short	From Democracy to Oligarchy – the Role of the Civic Elite Within the Community in Roman Delphi
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From Democracy to Oligarchy – the Role of the Civic Elite Within the Community in Roman Delphi

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