Projektnummer

0064961

Zusammenfassung

The project addresses the various strategies developed mainly by the local elites of the cities of Corinth, Philippi and Nicopolis in Roman Imperial times (1st - 3rd c. CE) to (re)construct the actual or alleged past of their communities and to move these constructs into contemporary debates. It aims to identify the main agents of these processes, to analyze their potential motives and to assess the impact of the political, social and cultural context on their decisions and actions. In order to achieve this, the project employs a historical discourse analysis and focuses on the princip...