Roman Frugality - Modes of Moderation From Archaic Age to Early Empire Beyond

List of contents

1. 'Frugality', economy and society in archaic Rome (late seventh to early fourth century BCE) Cristiano Viglietti; 2. From Licinius Stolo to Tiberius Gracchus: Roman frugality and the limitation of landholding John Rich; 3. Frugality as a political language in the second century BCE: the strategies of Cato the Elder and Scipio Aemilianus Laure Passet; 4. Smallholding, frugality and market economy in the Gracchan age Mattia Balbo; 5:. Frugalitas, or: the invention of a Roman virtue Ingo Gildenhard; 6. Frugality, building, and heirlooms in an age of social mobility John R. Patterson; 7. From poverty to prosperity: the recalibration of frugality Christopher J. Berry.

About the author

Ingo Gildenhard is Reader in Classics and the Classical Tradition at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of King's College. His publications include Paideia Romana (2007) and Creative Eloquence (2011) and, with M. Silk and R. Barrow, The Classical Tradition (2013).Cristiano Viglietti is Associate Professor of Roman History at the University of Siena. He is the author of Il limite del bisogno. Antropologia economica di Roma arcaica (2011).

Summary

Explores how the ancient Romans negotiated the interface of economics and ethics and handled needs and wants throughout their history. Focuses on the desirability of individual and collective self-restraint in the pursuit of wealth, physical pleasures (food, drink, sex) and power.

Product details

• Authors: EDITED BY INGO GILDE, Ingo (University of Cambridge) Vigliet Gildenhard
• Assisted by: Ingo Gildenhard (Editor), Ingo (University of Cambridge) Gildenhard (Editor), Gildenhard Ingo (Editor), Cristiano Viglietti (Editor), Cristiano (Universita degli Studi Viglietti (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781108840163
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84016-3
• No. of pages: 428
• Series: Cambridge Classical Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory