Roman patrons of Greek cities /
Patronage has long been an important topic of interest to ancient historians. It remains unclear what patronage entailed, however, and how it worked. Is it a universal phenomenon embracing all, or most, relationships between unequals? Or is it an especially Roman practice? In previous discussions of...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2002.
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| Series: | Oxford classical monographs.
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Table of Contents:
- Becoming a client
- Patronage by conquest
- The inheritance of patronage
- What city patrons did
- The appearance of patrons in the Greek east
- Patronage of cities in the Late Republic: incidence and effectiveness
- The decline of patronage
- Conclusions and implications
- Appendices: Patrons of cities of the Greek east ; List of individual patrons and cross-references ; Patrons of eastern Coloniae ; Patrons of Greek cities in the High Empire ; The city clients of Caesar, Augustus, and the imperial family ; Senatorial patrons of cties in the latin-speaking provinces.