Patronage in Ancient Society

Patronage in Ancient Society (1989) examines a subject central to the society of the ancient Mediterranean, bringing together the interests of ancient historians and sociologists, using ancient societies, and particularly Roman society, as the focus for their studies.

List of contents

1. Patronage and its Avoidance in Classical Athens Paul Millett 2. Patronage and Friendship in Early Imperial Rome: Drawing the Distinction Richard Saller 3. Patronage in Roman Society: From Republic to Empire Andrew Wallace-Hadrill 4. Early Roman Clientes Andrew Drummond 5. Patronage and International Relations in the Roman Republic John Rich 6. Function and Dysfunction: Personal Patronage in Roman Imperialism David Braund 7. Patronage of the Rural Poor in the Roman World Peter Garnsey and Greg Woolf 8. Bandits, Elites and Rural Order Keith Hopwood 9. Patronage in Roman Gaul and the Problem of the Bagaude John Drinkwater 10. The Client-Patron Relationship: Emblem and Reality in Juvenal’s First Book Duncan Cloud 11. Patronage: Relation and System Terry Johnson and Chris Dandeker

About the author

Andrew Wallace-Hadrill

Summary

Patronage in Ancient Society (1989) examines a subject central to the society of the ancient Mediterranean, bringing together the interests of ancient historians and sociologists, using ancient societies, and particularly Roman society, as the focus for their studies. In its comparative approach and its historical range this volume constitutes an important contribution to the study of patronage.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
• Assisted by: Andrew Wallace-Hadrill (Editor), Wallace-Hadrill Andrew (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032764481
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3276448-1
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Ancient World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Anthropology, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, RELIGION / Ancient, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Ancient Rome, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient religions & mythologies, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology, Ancient religions and Mythologies