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21	Citizenship, culture and ideology in Roman Greece Nay, Jamie P. 30 August 2007 (has links) A study of the cultural and ideological effects of Roman citizenship on Greeks living in the first three centuries AD. The ramifications of the extension of citizenship to these Greeks illustrates that ideas such as 'culture' and 'identity' are not static terms, but constructions of a particular social milieu at any given point in time. Roman citizenship functioned as a kind of ideological apparatus that, when given to a non-Roman, questioned that individual's native identity. This thesis addresses, via an examination of four sources, all of whom were Greeks with Roman citizenship - Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Paul in the Acts of the Apostles, Ulpian, the minters of eastern civic coins - the extent to which one could remain 'Greek' while participating in one of the most Roman institutions of the Empire. Utilizing these sources with the aid of a number of theoretical bases (notably Louis Althusser and Pierre Bourdieu), this study attempts to come to a conclusion about the nature of 'Romanness' in the ancient world. rome greece culture ideology citizenship identity apparatus ideological apparatus habitus race dionysius of halicarnassus ulpian coinage coins paul tarsus acts of the apostles law legal louis althusser pierre bourdieu romanization romanitas numismatics roman empire imperial dio chrysostom ethnography historiography