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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zuiderhoek, Arjan, 1976-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Colección:Greek culture in the Roman world.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Introducing euergetism: questions, definitions and data
  • The size and nature of gifts
  • The icing on the cake?
  • The concentration of wealth and power
  • The politics of public generosity
  • Giving for a return: generosity and legitimation
  • Epilogue: the decline of civic munificence.