Title: The politics of munificence in the Roman Empire
First published: 2009
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.
Subjects: Benefactors, City and town life, Elite (Social sciences), Gifts, History, Political aspects, Political aspects of Gifts, Roman provinces, Social classes, Social conditions, Greece, history, 146 b.c.-323 a.d., Greece, social conditions
Places: Greece, Rome
Time periods: 146 B.C.-323 A.D., Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
LC classification: DF240 .Z85 2009