02549nam 2200517 450 991015473800332120180109165445.00-19-065594-10-19-049645-20-19-049644-4(CKB)4340000000018152(StDuBDS)EDZ0001599839(MiAaPQ)EBC4745369(PPN)224849239(EXLCZ)99434000000001815220161207h20172017 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGift and gain how money transformed Ancient Rome /Neil CoffeeNew York, NY :Oxford University Press,2017.1 online resource (xiv, 296 pages) illustrations (black and white)Classical Culture and SocietyPreviously issued in print: 2017.0-19-049643-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.I. Orientation. Locating the fault line : concepts and scope -- II. Early Rome : foundation. Looking forward from archaic Rome -- III. The middle republic : adaptation. Adapting the law in the age of Cato -- Ideological flexibility : Cato and Ennius -- Life before liberality : Plautus and Terence -- The Gracchi and the failure of collective generosity -- IV. The late republic : exploitation. Crooked generosity in the late republic -- Cicero between justice and expediency -- Sallust and the decline of reciprocity -- Caesar's wicked gifts -- Atticus : banker, benefactor, paragon -- V. The early empire : separation. Prying worlds apart : the Augustan response -- Seneca's philosophical cure -- VI. Conclusions. Halfway to modernity.'Gift and Gain' shows how, over the course of Rome's classical era, a vibrant commercial culture progressively displaced traditional systems of gift giving that had long been central to Rome's material, social, and political economy, with effects on areas of life from marriage to politics.Classical culture and society.MoneyRomeHistoryRomeEconomic conditions30 B.C.-476 A.DRomeCivilizationRomeHistoryMoneyHistory.332.4937Coffee Neil1075781MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910154738003321Gift and gain2585597UNINA