Sulle «tracce» di Strabone: la grecità di Neapolis in età imperiale

In the fifth book of his "Geography", Strabo describes the ancient colony of Neapolis in imperial age, noting that «very many traces of Greek culture are preserved there – gymnasia, ephebeia, phratriae, and Greek names of things, although the people are Romans». This passage poses two important issues concerning respectively: the Strabo’s position towards Rome; the status of Neapolis’ Greek identity in Augustan age and its relationship with the imperial power.