Philippi, From Colonia Augusta to Communitas Christiana

Steven J. Friesen, Ph.D. (1990), Harvard University, is the Louise Farmer Boyer Chair in Biblical Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. His publications include Imperial Cults and the Apocalypse of John: Reading Revelation in the Ruins (2001).Michalis Lycounas, BA, MA (AUTH), is an archaeologist/curator with the Ephorate of Antiquities of Kavala. His interests are in Early Christian artistic expression, material culture of the Greek Orthodox community in the Ottoman period and heritage and public memory management.Daniel N. Schowalter, Th.D. (1989), Harvard University, is Emeritus Professor of Classics and Religion at Carthage College. He works in archaeology and ancient Mediterranean religion. He is co-director of excavations at Omrit in Northern Israel and Mandeure in eastern France.Contributors are Cédric Brélaz, Katerina Chryssanthaki-Nagle, Cavan Concannon, Sofia Doukata-Demertzi, Michael Flexsenhar III, Steven Friesen, Emmanuela Gounari, Haido Koukouli-Chryssanthaki, Dimitra Malamidou, Aristoteles Mentzos, Laura Nasrallah, Peter Oakes, Melina Paissidou, Natalia Poulou, Jennifer Quigley, Athanasios Rizakis, Daniel N. Schowalter, Michel Sève, Angela Standhartinger, Ekaterini Tsalampouni, Stavros Zachariadis.

• List of Figures and TablesAbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionDaniel N. Schowalterpart 1: Traditional Religion and Society in Philippi1 The Forum at Philippi: The Transformation of Public Space from the Establishment of the Colony to the Early Byzantine PeriodMichel Sève 2 Reconstructing the Religious Landscape of the Roman Colony of PhilippiAthanasios Rizakis3 Thracian, Greek, or Roman? Ethnic and Social Identities of Worshippers (and Gods) in Roman PhilippiCédric Brélaz4 Non-Romans in the Roman Colony of Philippi and Their Hybrid Identities: The Case of the Thracian PopulationEkaterini G. Tsalampouni5 Numismatic History of Philippi: from the Greek City-State to the Roman ColonyKaterina Chryssanthaki-Nagle6 Sanctuary of Hero Auloneites on Mt. Pangaion: Tracing Continuity and Change of Religious Practices in the Territory of PhilippiChaido Koukouli-Chryssanthaki and Dimitra Malamidou7 Maintaining the City: Enslaved Labor and Trade in Roman PhilippiSarah E. Bondpart 2: Paul and His Influence8 “Let Us Know Anything Further Which You Have Heard”: Mapping Philippian ConnectivityCavan Concannon9 Cost and Abundance in Roman Philippi: The Letter to the Philippians in Its ContextJennifer Quigley and Laura Nasrallah10 Echoes in the Praetorium: Place, People, and Prospects in Philippians 1:13Michael Flexsenhar III11 Popular Heroization in Philippian Funerary Epigraphy and Paul’s Letter to the Philippians Peter Oakes12 Class and Ideology in Acts 16: The Philippian Narrative as a Failed Revolution Steven J. Friesen13 Paul and Philippi: The Early Cult of the Apostle and the Topography of the Late Antique City Aristotelis Mentzos14 “The Beloved Community” after Paul: Early Christianity in Philippi from the Second to the Fourth Century Angela Standhartingerpart 3: Late Antique and Byzantine Developments15 New Evidence for the Civic Center from the Roman Colony to the Late Byzantine Period: Excavation of the Parking Lot at the Archaeological Museum of Philippi Sofia Doukata-Demertzi16 Christian Philippi: The Cases of the Fourth and Fifth Residential Insulae of the Newly Excavated Area Emmanuela Gounari and Melina Paissidou17 Reassessing Urban Continuity in Early Medieval Philippi Natalia Poulou18 Terra a mano: The Handmade Pottery of Philippi and Its Implications for the Transformation of the City during the Early Byzantine PeriodStavros ZachariadisIndex