Homonoia in the Roman Empire

Title: Homonoia in the Roman Empire
Identifier: d_2009_2013:eef0f173caf7:12073
identifier: 12745
Creator: Kinlaw, Joshua A.,
Contributor: Joel Allen
Date: 2013
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Ancient history | Classical studies | christian | greek | homonoia | rhetoric | roman
Abstract: This study centers on the role of the idea of homonoia in the eastern Roman Empire between 50 and 170 CE. It focuses on six Greek-speaking authors, each of whom form one of the following chapters, which are arranged in rough chronological order. These authors and their emperors view reality through a lens of virtue and vice, and the ideal of "like-mindedness" has a vital, if little-discussed place in such a worldview. The socio-political value of homonoia was important enough to be personified and worshiped as deity. Nevertheless, there is no English monograph on the topic. This dissertation highlights the role of homonoia in authors traditionally labelled as either "pagan" or "Christian." Homonoia was essential in both these environments. It played an important role in the socio-political assemblies, on the one hand, as well as philosophical and religious dialogue, on the other.
Type: dissertation
Source: 2009_2013.csv
degree: Ph.D.
Program: History