Ptolemy
08-12-2006, 08:01 AM
and in his own name and that of the people of Thessalonica he offered the city to the Venetian signoria, asking only that it should be governed "according to its usages and statutes"; that the orthodox metropolitan of Thessalonica be confirmed in his ecclesiastical charge; that the greek inhabitants should retain their local rights of jurisdiction..
"The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571 Vol. 2: The Fifteenth Century" By Kenneth Meyer Setton, page 19-20
On 14 July 1429, the Senate gave formal replies to a detailed petition presented by an embassy representing the Greek population of Thessalonica, showing that the inhabitants had become disenchanted with Venetian rule as they years had passed.
The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571 Vol. 2: The Fifteenth Century By Kenneth Meyer Setton, page 28
It was a business transaction carried through with every regard for the welfare of Thessalonica and its greek inhabitants; and it was done with the full knowledge and assent of the emperor Manuel II.
Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural Relations, By Donald M. Nicol, Page 361
The Mission to Thessalonica.—The Christian inhabitants of Thessalonica were mainly Greeks by birth and training who had been won over from paganism by the efforts of Paul, Silyanus (Silas) and Timotheus (Timothy)..
"The Expositor's Greek Testament" By W. Robertson (William Robertson) Nicoll, Alexander Balmain Bruce, Marcus Dods, R. J. (Richard John) Knowling, James Denney, George G. (George Gillanders) Findlay, J. H. (John Henry) Bernard, Frederic Rendall, S. D. F. (Stewart Dingwall Fordyce) Salmond, Harry Angus Alexander Kennedy, Arthur S. (Arthur Samuel) Peake, James Moffatt, Newport John Davis White, W. O. E. (William Oscar Emil) Oesterley, J. H. A. (John Henry Arthur). Hart, Robert Harvey Strachan, David Smith, Joseph B. (Joseph Bickersteth) Mayor
But when Hadrian reorganized the empire with a more genuine partnership of Italians and Hellenes, he improved on one aspect of the plan of Augustus for the participation of colonies- Hadrian established a synedrion which united elected representatives of old Greek cities. Greek federal stales, and Greek colonies. Just as the Italians of the colonies which Augustus sought to attach more closely were, on the one hand, men who lived in cities organized on a peculiarly Roman pattern, and, on the other hand, men of Italic stock and culture or natives who had completely assimilated themselves, so the cities which joined in forming the Panhellenion were cities of a peculiarly Hellenic type, the polis. the cities which could claim colonists of old Hellenic stock. If the majority of the population were Hellenes or completely assimilated to Hellenes, the Eastern colonia (Corinth or Thessalonica) might be treated either as a colony or a mother city of Hellenes. Roman Corinth, for instance, appear as a mother city in I.G., VII. 24 and Corns/A. VIII, lit, 269* Certainly their interests had to be weighed with those of neighbouring cities.
"Marcus Aurelius: Aspects of Civic and Cultural Policy in the East" By James H Oliver, page 136
Here we notice thai in Acts the term "Hellenes" (or "Greeks") is used with noteworthy propriety: the people of Thessalonica, of Berea, of Ephesus, of Iconium. and of Syrian Antioch are spoken of as Hellenes. Those were all cities which had no claim to be Roman, except in the general way of being parts of the Roman provinces Macedonia, Galatia, and Syria. They were counted Greek cities, and reckoned themselves as such.
"Historical Commentary on First Corinthians" By William Ramsay, page 34
By the time of Paul the population of Thessalonica was cosmopolitan. The original Macedonian population had long been assimilated with Greek immigrants from the South, giving the city a distinctively Greek character.
"The Epistles to the Thessalonians: Commentary on the Greek Text" By Charles Wanamaker, page 4
"The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571 Vol. 2: The Fifteenth Century" By Kenneth Meyer Setton, page 19-20
On 14 July 1429, the Senate gave formal replies to a detailed petition presented by an embassy representing the Greek population of Thessalonica, showing that the inhabitants had become disenchanted with Venetian rule as they years had passed.
The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571 Vol. 2: The Fifteenth Century By Kenneth Meyer Setton, page 28
It was a business transaction carried through with every regard for the welfare of Thessalonica and its greek inhabitants; and it was done with the full knowledge and assent of the emperor Manuel II.
Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural Relations, By Donald M. Nicol, Page 361
The Mission to Thessalonica.—The Christian inhabitants of Thessalonica were mainly Greeks by birth and training who had been won over from paganism by the efforts of Paul, Silyanus (Silas) and Timotheus (Timothy)..
"The Expositor's Greek Testament" By W. Robertson (William Robertson) Nicoll, Alexander Balmain Bruce, Marcus Dods, R. J. (Richard John) Knowling, James Denney, George G. (George Gillanders) Findlay, J. H. (John Henry) Bernard, Frederic Rendall, S. D. F. (Stewart Dingwall Fordyce) Salmond, Harry Angus Alexander Kennedy, Arthur S. (Arthur Samuel) Peake, James Moffatt, Newport John Davis White, W. O. E. (William Oscar Emil) Oesterley, J. H. A. (John Henry Arthur). Hart, Robert Harvey Strachan, David Smith, Joseph B. (Joseph Bickersteth) Mayor
But when Hadrian reorganized the empire with a more genuine partnership of Italians and Hellenes, he improved on one aspect of the plan of Augustus for the participation of colonies- Hadrian established a synedrion which united elected representatives of old Greek cities. Greek federal stales, and Greek colonies. Just as the Italians of the colonies which Augustus sought to attach more closely were, on the one hand, men who lived in cities organized on a peculiarly Roman pattern, and, on the other hand, men of Italic stock and culture or natives who had completely assimilated themselves, so the cities which joined in forming the Panhellenion were cities of a peculiarly Hellenic type, the polis. the cities which could claim colonists of old Hellenic stock. If the majority of the population were Hellenes or completely assimilated to Hellenes, the Eastern colonia (Corinth or Thessalonica) might be treated either as a colony or a mother city of Hellenes. Roman Corinth, for instance, appear as a mother city in I.G., VII. 24 and Corns/A. VIII, lit, 269* Certainly their interests had to be weighed with those of neighbouring cities.
"Marcus Aurelius: Aspects of Civic and Cultural Policy in the East" By James H Oliver, page 136
Here we notice thai in Acts the term "Hellenes" (or "Greeks") is used with noteworthy propriety: the people of Thessalonica, of Berea, of Ephesus, of Iconium. and of Syrian Antioch are spoken of as Hellenes. Those were all cities which had no claim to be Roman, except in the general way of being parts of the Roman provinces Macedonia, Galatia, and Syria. They were counted Greek cities, and reckoned themselves as such.
"Historical Commentary on First Corinthians" By William Ramsay, page 34
By the time of Paul the population of Thessalonica was cosmopolitan. The original Macedonian population had long been assimilated with Greek immigrants from the South, giving the city a distinctively Greek character.
"The Epistles to the Thessalonians: Commentary on the Greek Text" By Charles Wanamaker, page 4