Être citoyen romain dans le monde grec au IIe siècle de notre ère. arts Victor Vasarely

Victor Vasarely

This first exhibition devoted to Surrealism organized at the BnF focuses on the movement's early years

Democracy is a practice at work in the making of the city

and the study of religious landscapes

flayed bodies

Être citoyen romain dans le monde grec au IIe siècle de notre ère. arts Victor VasarelyIn the Greek cities of the Roman Empire, the spread of Roman citizenship introduced a new way of naming oneself, a new right, a new form of social distinction. In the 2nd century, after several decades of development of Roman citizenship but before the choice of the emperor Caracalla to grant it to all the free inhabitants of the empire, the cities experienced a unique situation: local citizenships, the foundation of daily political activity,