@inbook {37023,
	title = {Marek{\textquoteright}s Amastriane: Dynamics of its Roman Present and Queries on its Hellenistic Past},
	booktitle = {Cooperation and Competition in the Ancient World},
	year = {已提交},
	publisher = { E{\"o}tv{\"o}s Lor{\'a}nd University},
	organization = { E{\"o}tv{\"o}s Lor{\'a}nd University},
	abstract = {
This paper explores the socio-political evolution of Amastris, a city in northern Anatolia founded by the Achaemenid princess Amastris in the early 3rd century BCE, with a particular focus on its territorial scope{\textemdash}the Amastriane{\textemdash}during Roman and Hellenistic times. Based on Christian Marek{\textquoteright}s reconstruction, the Roman Amastriane stretched far beyond its coastal nucleus, reaching deep into the Paphlagonian interior. This paper investigates whether this expansive territory was a Roman creation or if it echoed earlier Hellenistic configurations, possibly dating back to Amastris or the Mithridatid kings.

 Section one reviews Marek{\textquoteright}s methodological framework, emphasizing the diverse, geographically challenging territory governed by Amastris in Roman times, which required transcending typical coastal-urban dynamics. In section two, epigraphic and archaeological evidence from the Eflani-P{\i}narba{\c s}{\i} region sheds light on the integration of rural inland communities, highlighting a deep continuity of Macedonian, Achaemenid, and local traditions into the Roman period.

 Finally, the paper explores whether Amastris{\textquoteright} Hellenistic chora could have reached similar extents, potentially through dowry lands or political marriages rather than military conquest, as suggested by Memnon-in-Photios. The long-lasting cultural ties between coastal and inland Paphlagonia, preserved in cult practices and social structures, point toward a cohesive region predating Roman intervention, raising critical questions about the nature of territorial governance in both Hellenistic and Roman Amastris.},
	author = {Ching-Yuan Wu}
}
