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After the past : essays in ancient history in honour of H.W. Pleket /

What was funny about ancient jokes, and why? Why did the Roman state legislate to curb the behaviour of its obscenely rich and powerful elite, if it never really expected such laws to be obeyed? Why did it oppress the poor, and lavish public child support on them? These are important questions, but...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Jongman, Willem (Editor ), Kleijwegt, Marc (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston, Mass. : Brill, 2002.
Colección:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; v. 233.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminary Material / Willem Jongman and Marc Kleijwegt
  • RESTRAINING THE RICH, PROTECTING THE POOR: SYMBOLIC ASPECTS OF ROMAN LEGISLATION / L. de Ligt
  • BENEFICIAL SYMBOLS. ALIMENT A AND THE INFANTILIZATION OF THE ROMAN CITIZEN / Willem Jongman
  • TEXTILE MANUFACTURING FOR A RELIGIOUS MARKET. ARTEMIS AND DIANA AS TYCOONS OF INDUSTRY / Marc Kleijwegt
  • WRECKS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AS EVIDENCE OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE / Fik Meijer
  • THE DECAPOLIS: CITY TERRITORIES, VILLAGES AND BOULEUTAI / Steven Moors
  • ANCIENT HUMOUR / Paul Schulten
  • THE SPARTAN ARMY AT MANTINEA AND ITS ORGANISATION IN THE FIFTH CENTURY BC / Henk Singor
  • HERMOPOLIS IN THE CRISIS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE / Peter van Minnen
  • COLLEGIA AND CIVIC GUARDS: TWO CHAPTERS IN THE HISTORY OF SOCIABILITY / Onno van Nijf
  • GREED, GENEROSITY AND GIFT-EXCHANGE IN EARLY GREECE AND THE WESTERN PACIFIC / Hans van Wees
  • SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE / H. Pinkster, H.S. Versnel, D.M. Schenkeveld, P.H. Schrijvers and S.R. Slings.