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The Metropoleis: Smyrna and Ephesus
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Ancient and modern authors alike refer to Smyrna, Ephesus, and Pergamum as the largest cities, or metropoleL , of Roman Asia, and as competitors for first place in that province. As the largest urban centers, the metropoleis had the most sophisticated administrations, with numerous officials. Therefore, they offer us a much better chance to understand the organization and functioning of Greek city government in provincial Asia. By the amount of available evidence from Smyrna, that city should be placed second after Ephesus, whose published inscriptions, and probably coins as well, clearly surpass those from any other city in the province of Asia.
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Metropoleis: Smyrna and Ephesus
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Abstract
Ancient and modern authors alike refer to Smyrna, Ephesus, and Pergamum as the largest cities, or metropoleL , of Roman Asia, and as competitors for first place in that province.
As the largest urban centers, the metropoleis had the most sophisticated administrations, with numerous officials.
Therefore, they offer us a much better chance to understand the organization and functioning of Greek city government in provincial Asia.
By the amount of available evidence from Smyrna, that city should be placed second after Ephesus, whose published inscriptions, and probably coins as well, clearly surpass those from any other city in the province of Asia.
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