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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463377603321

Autore

Forbis Elizabeth

Titolo

Municipal virtues in the Roman Empire : the evidence of Italian honorary inscriptions / / Elizabeth Forbis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stuttgart : , : Teubner, , 1996

ISBN

3-11-095444-3

Edizione

[Reprint 2012]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Beiträge zur Altertumskunde ; ; Band 79

Disciplina

307

Soggetti

Inscriptions, Latin - Italy

Electronic books.

Rome Moral conditions

Rome Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1988.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-271) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- I. Generic Vocabulary of Praise: Fostering Patronage through Exempla -- II. Financial Generosity -- III. Personal Motivations for Patronage -- IV. Administrative Virtues -- V. Virtues and Epithets of Personal Character -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Corpus of Honorary Inscriptions and Tabulae Patronatus -- Appendix 2: Regional Distribution of Inscriptions -- Appendix 3: Chronological Distribution of Inscriptions -- Appendix 4: Social Make-up and Distribution of Honorands -- Appendix 5: Social Make-up and Distribution of Dedicators -- Appendix 6: Attribution of Terms of Praise by Type of Dedicator -- Appendix 7: Chronological Distribution of Key Terms of Praise in Corpus -- Appendix 8 -- Bibliography -- Indices