This contribution examines an assembly speech that was pronounced by Dio of Prusa in the context of a grain crisis (Or. 46) in order to provide new insights into the politics of the Greek polis under Rome. Whereas inscriptions highlight the eagerness and zeal displayed by elite citizens in helping out their fatherlands, this speech points to the existence of tensions and conflict in the resolution of food crises. The oration’s rhetorical strategies oscillate between the expectations of a popular audience and an elite politician’s desire to shape and control those expectations. A rhetorical analysis of these strategies indicates that Prusan politics was grounded in a civic discourse that provided the people with the ideological means to assert real influence in the local political process. The 46th oration thus attests to the persistence of a democratic tradition of popular political participation in a time when elites had become increasingly powerful.

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普鲁萨的粮食危机

这篇文稿分析了普鲁萨（Prusa）的迪奥（Dio Prus）在粮食危机（或46）下发表的一次大会演讲，以便对罗马统治下的希腊大都市的政治提供新见解。铭文突出了精英公民在帮助祖国方面表现出的热情和热情，而该讲话指出，在解决粮食危机方面存在紧张和冲突。演说的修辞策略在受欢迎的听众的期望与精英政治家塑造和控制这些期望的期望之间摇摆。对这些策略的修辞分析表明，普鲁士政治是建立在公民话语基础上的，公民话语为人民提供了在地方政治进程中主张真正影响力的意识形态手段。