TY - CHAP
T1 - The lust for recognition and influence
T2 - Laodikeia and the quest for neokorate status
AU - Cadwallader, Alan H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Taylor and Francis.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Debates over the involvement of Asian cities in the promotion of the imperial cult continue. Little attention has been focused on the aspirations of Laodikeia on the Lycus for membership in the select group of provincial cities awarded the special status of neokoros, imperial cult guardian. A recently published inscription from Laodikeia has problematized the already-complicated history of the neokorate award to Laodikeia and prompts a re-examination of Laodikeia's efforts to gain the prize. The elements of Tacitus's comments on the initial conferring of the award (on Smyrna) provide a template for discerning the concerted efforts of the city over a considerable period to position itself to gain this imperial favor.
AB - Debates over the involvement of Asian cities in the promotion of the imperial cult continue. Little attention has been focused on the aspirations of Laodikeia on the Lycus for membership in the select group of provincial cities awarded the special status of neokoros, imperial cult guardian. A recently published inscription from Laodikeia has problematized the already-complicated history of the neokorate award to Laodikeia and prompts a re-examination of Laodikeia's efforts to gain the prize. The elements of Tacitus's comments on the initial conferring of the award (on Smyrna) provide a template for discerning the concerted efforts of the city over a considerable period to position itself to gain this imperial favor.
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UR - https://www.routledge.com/Revelation-and-Material-Religion-in-the-Roman-East-Essays-in-Honor-of-/Keddie-Leach-Smith/p/book/9781032382678
U2 - 10.4324/9781003344247-19
DO - 10.4324/9781003344247-19
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
AN - SCOPUS:85176839957
SN - 9781032382678
T3 - Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
SP - 241
EP - 257
BT - Revelation and material religion in the roman east
A2 - Leach, Nathan
A2 - Charles Smith, Daniel
A2 - Keddie, Tony
PB - Routledge
CY - Abingdon, Oxon
ER -