ProQuest Dissertations - Historia Antigua

elationship between the colony and the local population. 85Stein discusses theramifications of the cultural exchange between the colony and the locals and between thecolony and the metropolis, but not between the metropolis and the locals. J.Z. Smithfavors a triadic comparison which encompasses all three sets of comparanda, but with theadded dimension of a basis of comparison. 86For example, in earlier studies, colonialreligion was assumed to resemble Roman religion more than it resembled local religionin respect to the nature of the gods worshipped and temples built.In place of Smith's and Stein's formulae, which do not fully capture the complexdynamic that can arise from a colonial situation in which all three human elementsinfluence cultural change in the others, I posit the relationships represented by Figure 1.2.Metropolis [Rome]LocalPopulation •