Panhellenion

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The Panhellenion (

Roman provinces of Greece
.

Bust of Emperor Hadrian

Hadrian was

took on the Persian enemy
.

The Panhellenion was primarily a religious organization, and most of the deeds of the institution which we have relate to its own self-governing. Admission to the Panhellenion was subject to scrutiny of a city's Hellenic descent.

In 137 AD, the

Panathenaic Festival
of the fifth century.

From inscriptions found, member cities included Athens,

Thessalonica, Magnesia on the Maeander, Eumeneia, as well the cities of Crete.[1][2]

The name was revived by the first governor of

in 1828.

References

  1. ^ Boatwright, Mary T. Hadrian and the Cities of the Roman Empire. Princeton University Press, 2003, p. 147.
  2. ^ Oliver, James Henry. Marcus Aurelius: Aspects of Civic and Cultural Policy in the East. ASCSA, 1970, p. 130.

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