Councils, city
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23725459 |
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| Authors | Mischa Meier (0009-0007-6043-8070, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah22065 |
| OpenAlex | W4252818899 |
| ISBN | 9781444338386 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The administration of the Imperium Romanum was, on the one hand, based on the provincial system with its provincial governors, but, on the other hand, on a wide network of self‐administered cities ( civitates , poleis ; the Roman equivalents: municipium , colonia ), whose elites were important intermediaries between empire and the population of the provinces. The organization of the cities followed Hellenistic administration practices in many cases ( leitourgiai , euergesiai ), but was unified by following the example of Rome and Roman legislation. The finer points of this administrative pattern were mostly regulated by leges municipales . Essentially, the principle of far‐reaching autonomy was valid, insofar as the cities were able to maintain it by themselves and their policies did not come into conflict with the interests of the empire.
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| Highly cited | No |
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