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Mr. Lucian Munteanu

Research fellow

Researcher - ACADEMIA ROMÂNĂ - FILIALA IAŞI

Curriculum Vitae (14/01/2019)

Expertise & keywords

External Relations of the Pontic Greek Cities in the Hellenistic and Roman Times: a Multidisciplinary Approach Call name: Exploratory Research Projects - PCE-2011 call
PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0054 2011 - 2016

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: Academia Română - Filiala Iaşi, Institutul de Arheologie

Project partners: Academia Română - Filiala Iaşi, Institutul de Arheologie (RO)

Affiliation: Academia Română - Filiala Iaşi, Institutul de Arheologie (RO)

Project website: http://www.ponticgreekcities.ro/

Abstract:

The Black Sea (ancient Pontus) has always been an area of convergence and antinomy resulting from the contact between influences from different cultural areas and the local cultural traditions. Throughout almost two centuries of historiographical debate, a number of basic works and valuable studies have been elaborated, yet none of them provides a coherent picture of the external relations of the Pontic Greek cities during the Hellenistic and Roman times. Against such a background, our project appears as something of a novelty, both nationally and internationally. By systematizing and analyzing documentary data we intend to examine the external links of the Greek Pontic cities in a broad context, and we will go beyond mere descriptivism. The proposed research is meant to fill a gap in the complex study of the Black Sea region and it will lead to a deeper understanding of the dynamics of this area, as well as of certain political, social-economic, cultural and religious phenomena during the Hellenistic and the Roman times. It will make possible an assessment of the effects of the contact between influences coming from other cultural areas and elements characteristic of the autochthonous populations’ way of life.

“The Other” in Action. The Barbarization of Rome and the Romanization of the World Call name: Exploratory Research Projects - PCE-2012 call
PN-II-ID-PCE-2012-4-0490 2013 - 2016

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: ACADEMIA ROMÂNĂ - FILIALA IAŞI

Project partners: ACADEMIA ROMÂNĂ - FILIALA IAŞI (RO)

Affiliation: ACADEMIA ROMÂNĂ - FILIALA IAŞI (RO)

Project website: http://arheo.ro/romanization/

Abstract:

The history of the Roman Empire is the history of a complex process of integration, often labelled “Romanization”. The receptiveness of Rome towards the Greeks and the incorporation of Greek culture into a Roman context are well-known themes in classical studies and archaeology. With the concept of “’the other’ in action“ we argue that this receptiveness of Roman culture is the basis of and thus the key concept for the understanding of the empire and the provincial system. It is about Rome’s unique capability to creatively adapt elements of foreign cultures, of “the other”, within the framework of Roman rule and to make them part of an integration process, involving culture and especially religion. Such a theoretical approach will investigate “’the other in action’” in a multi-disciplinary way, from multiple angles, including collaborators from Romania and from across Europe and centred on the fields of ancient history, archaeology and linguistics, thus covering Roman Italy, Germany, Dacia and Greece in a comparative perspective, and dealing with issues like military organization, linguistics, numismatics, religion. The main question underlying this approach is not how the process of “becoming Roman” took place, but why it was possible to “become Roman” while still being/staying Greek, Aleman, Goth or Dacian. “the ‘other’ in action” could be the first Romanian contribution to this crucial, ongoing debate, and a much-needed reappraisal of the concept of Romanization.

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