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'Bread and Circuses': Euergetism and municipal patronage in Roman Italy
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'Bread and Circuses': Euergetism and municipal patronage in Roman Italy (Routledge Classical Monographs) Hardcover - 2002

by Tim Cornell (Editor); Kathryn Lomas (Editor)

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  • Title 'Bread and Circuses': Euergetism and municipal patronage in Roman Italy (Routledge Classical Monographs)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 182
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Date 9/19/2002 12:00:01 A
  • Features Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # mon0003353858
  • ISBN 9780415146890 / 0415146895
  • Weight 0.94 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.76 x 6.28 x 0.65 in (24.79 x 15.95 x 1.65 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: Italy
  • Library of Congress subjects Rome - Politics and government - 284-476, Benefactors - Rome
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002068020
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.209

From the publisher

Cities in the ancient world relied on private generosity to provide many basic amenities, as well as expecting leading citizens to pay for 'bread and circuses' - free food and public entertainment. This collection of essays by leading scholars from the UK and USA explores the important phenomenon of benefaction and public patronage in Roman Italy.
Ranging from the late republican period to the later Roman Empire, the contributions cover a wide range of topics, including the impact of benefactions and benefactors on the urban development of Roman Italy, on cultural and economic activity, and on the changing role of games and festivals in Roman society. They also explore the relationship between communities and their benefactors, whether these were local notables, senators, or the emperor himself, and examine how the nature of benefaction changed under the Empire.

First line

A generation ago, analysis of the economic structure of the ancient world, where it did not concentrate on the effects of slavery, tended to be in terms of the polarity between a 'primitivist' and a 'modernist' interpretation.