Politics of Munificence in the Roman Empire - Citizens, Elites and Benefactors in Asia Minor

Informationen zum Autor Arjan Zuiderhoek is a lecturer in ancient history at Universiteit Gent, Belgium. Klappentext A study of public benefactions by elite individuals to their communities in Roman Asia Minor. Zusammenfassung In the first two centuries AD! the eastern Roman provinces experienced a proliferation of elite public generosity (gifts of buildings! festivals! distributions in exchange for public honours) unmatched in their previous or later history. This is a study of the motivations behind those public benefactions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introducing euergetism: questions, definitions and data; 2. The size and nature of gifts; 3. The icing on the cake?; 4. The concentration of wealth and power; 5. The politics of public generosity; 6. Giving for a return: generosity and legitimation; Conclusion; Epilogue. The decline of civic munificence; Appendices.

Product details

• Authors: Arjan Zuiderhoek, Arjan (Universiteit Gent Zuiderhoek, Zuiderhoek Arjan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.04.2009
• EAN: 9780521519304
• ISBN: 978-0-521-51930-4
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Greek Culture in the Roman World; Greek Culture in the Roman Wor; Greek Culture in the Roman World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Turkey, Holy Roman Empire, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE