The politics of munificence in the Roman Empire
Subtitle: citizens, elites, and benefactors in Asia Minor
By: Arjan Zuiderhoek.
Series: Greek culture in the Roman world
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780521519304
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 -- 146 B.C.-323 A.D; Greece -- Social conditions; Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.