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On One Phenomenon from Urban Life in Thrace in 4th Century AD

Summary/Abstract: The present paper deals with the phenomenon of the municipal life of the urban society in Late Antique Thrace in a case study of Philippopolis, and possibly Hadrianopolis concerning the invention and proclamation of the ancient origin of the city and its municipal elite. This phenomenon is revealed by the historical narratives which applied to the existence of pre-Roman settlement on both places – Eumolpiada, after Eumolpos and Orestias/Uscudama respectively. In both places the stress is on the Attic link.This phenomenon is also attested among the ‘Thracian’ municipal elite as the speeches of Himerius reveal in the case with Severus and his wife being proclaimed with royal origin, both also closely linked to Athens.It is believed that these and others manifestations of the local elite which closely followed that of Constantinopolitain elite, were logical consequence of the intellectual development of the society in Thrace, but it was also proclaimed to the contrary by the Christianity which started to prevail. The rule of Julian was a good reason for such manifestation, probably one of the last ones in this respect in Thracian cities.

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