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The politics of munificence in the Roman Empire : citizens, elites, and benefactors in Asia Minor /
In the first two centuries AD, the eastern Roman provinces experienced a proliferation of elite public generosity unmatched in their previous or later history. In this study, Arjan Zuiderhoek attempts to answer the question why this should have been so. Focusing on Roman Asia Minor, he argues that t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | Greek culture in the Roman world.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the first two centuries AD, the eastern Roman provinces experienced a proliferation of elite public generosity unmatched in their previous or later history. In this study, Arjan Zuiderhoek attempts to answer the question why this should have been so. Focusing on Roman Asia Minor, he argues that the surge in elite public giving was not caused by the weak economic and financial position of the provincial cities, as has often been maintained, but by social and political developments and tensions within the Greek cities created by their integration into the Roman imperial system. As disparities of wealth and power within imperial polis society continued to widen, the exchange of gifts for honours between elite and non-elite citizens proved an excellent political mechanism for deflecting social tensions away from open conflicts towards communal celebrations of shared citizenship and the legitimation of power in the cities. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 186 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-179) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780521519304 0521519306 9780511517914 0511517912 9780511576508 0511576501 1107191920 9781107191921 9786612103865 6612103868 0511515421 9780511515422 0511514379 9780511514371 0511516703 9780511516702 |