Title: The politics of munificence in the Roman Empire : citizens, elites and benefactors in Asia Minor /
Authors: Zuiderhoek, Arjan, 1976-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Roman provinces History.; Roman provinces Social conditions.; Elite (Social sciences) Greece History.; Social classes Greece History.; Benefactors Greece History.; Gifts Political aspects Greece History.; City and town life Greece History.; Greece History; Greece Social conditions.; Rome History
Abstract: 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.
Contents: 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.