Roman Knossos: The Nature of a Globalized City

The nature of Roman Knossos has been poorly understood, and the misleading supposition that there was a marked change in Knossian society in the first centuries B.C.E./C.E. following the Roman conquest has become an accepted hypothesis. This paper applies globalization theory to a diachronic synopsi...

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Published in:American journal of archaeology 2007-01, Vol.111 (1), p.61-81
Main Author: Sweetman, Rebecca J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archaeology
Cities
Colonialism
Colonies
Dionysian mysteries
Epigraphy
Excavations
Globalization
Imperialism
Mansions
Material culture
Mosaic
Roman civilization
Romanization
Theory
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Summary:The nature of Roman Knossos has been poorly understood, and the misleading supposition that there was a marked change in Knossian society in the first centuries B.C.E./C.E. following the Roman conquest has become an accepted hypothesis. This paper applies globalization theory to a diachronic synopsis of Roman Knossos. By viewing cultural developments in Knossos as relative to Rome and the empire, rather than falling under a subsuming process of Roman acculturation, an alternative perspective to the romanization of Knossos maybe explored; that is, that the city underwent a slow process of globalization and the ultimate effects of this cannot be seen until almost 100 years after the foundation of the colony.
ISSN:0002-9114
1939-828X
DOI:10.3764/aja.111.1.61