Thierry Oppeneer is a Senior Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Ghent University, Belgium. His work focuses on ancient forms of democracy and political communication. He has published several articles and book chapters on public discourse and the assemblies of the Greek cities under Rome.Arjan Zuiderhoek is Full Professor of Ancient History at Ghent University, Belgium. His publications include The Politics of Munificence in the Roman Empire: Citizens, Elites and Benefactors in Asia Minor (2009), The Ancient City (2017) and Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity (2021, co-edited with M. Domingo Gygax).

• List of ContributorsAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsList of FiguresList of TablesThierry Oppeneer and Arjan Zuiderhoek, The assemblies of the Greek cities in the Roman eraCédric Brélaz, From mob to consensus: Forms of popular participation and Greek civic ideology during the Roman imperial periodAnna Heller, Popular agency and public honours in Roman Asia MinorJohn Ma, Decision-making in Prousa ca. 100 CEChristina T. Kuhn, Dio Chrysostom and political discourse in the popular assemblies of Roman Asia MinorNikos Giannakopoulos, Remarks on the role of the popular assembly in the cities of Roman GreeceAriel Samuel Lewin, Popular assemblies and political culture in the cities of the Roman Near EastHenri Fernoux, ‘They carry their own confirmation’: The people’s decrees and the governor’s authority in the cities of Roman Asia MinorAnne-Valérie Pont, Roman norms and popular political participation in the cities of Western Asia MinorAdolfo La Rocca, The end of popular assembliesThierry Oppeneer and Arjan Zuiderhoek, The Greek assemblies from a longue-durée perspective: Theoretical reflections and approachesNotes BibliographyIndex

Thierry Oppeneer is a Senior Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Ghent University, Belgium. His work focuses on ancient forms of democracy and political communication. He has published several articles and book chapters on public discourse and the assemblies of the Greek cities under Rome.Arjan Zuiderhoek is Full Professor of Ancient History at Ghent University, Belgium. His publications include The Politics of Munificence in the Roman Empire: Citizens, Elites and Benefactors in Asia Minor (2009), The Ancient City (2017) and Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity (2021, co-edited with M. Domingo Gygax).

• List of ContributorsAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsList of FiguresList of TablesThierry Oppeneer and Arjan Zuiderhoek, The assemblies of the Greek cities in the Roman eraCédric Brélaz, From mob to consensus: Forms of popular participation and Greek civic ideology during the Roman imperial periodAnna Heller, Popular agency and public honours in Roman Asia MinorJohn Ma, Decision-making in Prousa ca. 100 CEChristina T. Kuhn, Dio Chrysostom and political discourse in the popular assemblies of Roman Asia MinorNikos Giannakopoulos, Remarks on the role of the popular assembly in the cities of Roman GreeceAriel Samuel Lewin, Popular assemblies and political culture in the cities of the Roman Near EastHenri Fernoux, ‘They carry their own confirmation’: The people’s decrees and the governor’s authority in the cities of Roman Asia MinorAnne-Valérie Pont, Roman norms and popular political participation in the cities of Western Asia MinorAdolfo La Rocca, The end of popular assembliesThierry Oppeneer and Arjan Zuiderhoek, The Greek assemblies from a longue-durée perspective: Theoretical reflections and approachesNotes BibliographyIndex

Thierry Oppeneer is a Senior Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Ghent University, Belgium. His work focuses on ancient forms of democracy and political communication. He has published several articles and book chapters on public discourse and the assemblies of the Greek cities under Rome.Arjan Zuiderhoek is Full Professor of Ancient History at Ghent University, Belgium. His publications include The Politics of Munificence in the Roman Empire: Citizens, Elites and Benefactors in Asia Minor (2009), The Ancient City (2017) and Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity (2021, co-edited with M. Domingo Gygax).

• List of ContributorsAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsList of FiguresList of TablesThierry Oppeneer and Arjan Zuiderhoek, The assemblies of the Greek cities in the Roman eraCédric Brélaz, From mob to consensus: Forms of popular participation and Greek civic ideology during the Roman imperial periodAnna Heller, Popular agency and public honours in Roman Asia MinorJohn Ma, Decision-making in Prousa ca. 100 CEChristina T. Kuhn, Dio Chrysostom and political discourse in the popular assemblies of Roman Asia MinorNikos Giannakopoulos, Remarks on the role of the popular assembly in the cities of Roman GreeceAriel Samuel Lewin, Popular assemblies and political culture in the cities of the Roman Near EastHenri Fernoux, ‘They carry their own confirmation’: The people’s decrees and the governor’s authority in the cities of Roman Asia MinorAnne-Valérie Pont, Roman norms and popular political participation in the cities of Western Asia MinorAdolfo La Rocca, The end of popular assembliesThierry Oppeneer and Arjan Zuiderhoek, The Greek assemblies from a longue-durée perspective: Theoretical reflections and approachesNotes BibliographyIndex