This multidisciplinary collection of essays transforms our understanding of ancient inner Anatolia, one of the most fascinating and understudied regions of the Roman empire. With essays on law, religion, architecture and art history, this book will be essential reading for all social and cultural historians of the Roman world.

1. Phrygia: an anarchist history, 950 BC-AD 100 Peter Thonemann; 2. In the Phrygian mode: a region seen from without Barbara Levick; 3. The personal onomastics of Roman Phrygia Claude Brixhe; 4. Grave monuments and local identities in Roman Phrygia Ute Kelp; 5. Phrygians in relief: trends in self-representation Jane Masséglia; 6. Households and families in Roman Phrygia Peter Thonemann; 7. Law in Roman Phrygia: rules and jurisdictions Georgy Kantor; 8. An epigraphic probe into the origins of Montanism Stephen Mitchell; 9. The 'Crypto-Christian' inscriptions of Phrygia Edouard Chiricat; 10. Phrygian marble and stonemasonry as markers of regional distinctiveness in late antiquity Philipp Niewöhner; 11. The history of an idea: tracing the origins of the MAMA project Charlotte Roueché.