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

English · Hardback

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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.

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