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The municipal elites of Campania during the Antonine-Severan period
Cover -- Title Pages -- Contents -- Acknowledgement -- Introduction -- 1. The geographical, chronological and thematic scope of the book -- 1.1 Area of research -- 1.2 Chronology -- 1.3 Definition of the elites -- 2. Sources -- 2.1 Epigraphic sources -- 2.2 Archaeological sources -- 2.3 Narrative so...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Wiesbaden
: Harrassowitz Verlag
, 2020
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| Series: | Philippika Altertumskundliche Abhandlungen
v.140 |
| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=6406001 |
| E-Book Packages: | ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection |
| Summary: | Cover -- Title Pages -- Contents -- Acknowledgement -- Introduction -- 1. The geographical, chronological and thematic scope of the book -- 1.1 Area of research -- 1.2 Chronology -- 1.3 Definition of the elites -- 2. Sources -- 2.1 Epigraphic sources -- 2.2 Archaeological sources -- 2.3 Narrative sources -- 3. The current state of research -- 4. The composition of the work and the main research problems -- Chapter I: Campania felix or Campania deserta? Remarks on the economic prosperity of Campania in the 2nd and early 3rd c. CE -- I.1 Campania in the first half of the 1st c. CE -- I.2 Natural disasters of the second half of the 1st c. CE and their impact on life within the region -- I.3 The crisis in wine production, changes in the settlement system, and the influence of the Antonine Plague on the Campanian economy -- I.4 Campanian cities - the casus of Puteoli -- I.5 Conclusion -- Chapter II: Income of the Campanian elites -- II.1 Remarks on the Italian economy in the Roman Empire -- II.2 Agricultural income -- II.2.1 Reading the sources: research methods anda catalogue of landowners -- II.2.2 Signacula: a problematic case -- II.3 Non-agricultural income -- II.3.1 A catalogue of individuals engaged in trade -- II.3.2 A catalogue of individuals engaged in craftsmanship -- II.3.3 Other non-agricultural income: a catalogue -- II.4 Conclusion -- Chapter III: Expenditure of the Campanian elites -- III.1 Life of luxury, splendour in death: private expenditure of the Campanian municipal elites -- III.1.1 Private banquets -- III.1.2 Villas' owners -- III.1.3 Tombs -- III.1.4 Conclusion -- III.2 Euergetism -- III.2.1 A definition of euergetism -- III.2.2 Interpretation of the sources -- III.2.3 Acts of euergetism: a catalogue -- III.2.4 Conclusion -- Chapter IV: Composition of the ordines decurionum. IV.1 Ordines decurionum and the demography of the ancient world:some remarks -- IV.2 Honores et munera: in search of members of the ordines decurionum in the epigraphic sources -- IV.3 "Old" aristocracy -- IV.3.1 Members of the "old" aristocracy: a catalogue -- IV.3.2 How numerous were the members of the "old" aristocracy: further questions and conclusion -- IV.4 Monopoly of power within the city senates -- IV.5 Homines novi -- IV.5.1 Descendants of freedmen in the ordines decurionum -- IV.5.2 Soldiers, veterans, and their descendants: a catalogue -- IV.5.3 Nobles from other cities, immigrants and their descendants: a catalogue -- IV.5.4 Apparitores: a catalogue -- IV.5.5 Homines novi: an analysis of the sources -- IV.6 Family strategies of the nobility -adoption and marriage as a means of retaining power -- IV.6.1 Marriage -- IV.6.2 Adoption -- IV.7 Conclusion on the composition of the ordines decurionum -- Chapter V: Augustales in Campanian cities during the Antonine and Severan period. -- V.1 A priesthood or an office? -- V.2 The organizational evolution of the colleges, as well as the importance and socio-legal status of their members -- V.3 Relationships between the Augustales, the municipal notables, and the imperial aristocracy -- V.3.1 Freeborn Augustales: a catalogue -- V.3.2 Freeborn Augustales: an analysis of the sources -- V.3.3 Freedmen and their relationship with the municipal andimperial aristocracy -- V.4 The alba from Liternum: a case study -- V.5 Conclusion -- Chapter VI: The equestrian and senatorial careers. The role of the curatores rei publicae -- VI.1 Campanian equites -- VI.1.1 Campanian equites: a catalogue -- VI.1.2 Equites in the army and the imperial administration:an analysis of the sources -- VI.1.3 Conclusion -- VI.2 Campanian senators -- VI.2.1 A catalogue -- VI.2.2 Analysis of the sources and conclusion. VI.3 Curatores rei publicae in Campania -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 (members of the ordines decurionum, public priests). -- Appendix 2 (equites) -- Appendix 3 (ordo senatorius) -- Appendix 4 (Augustales) -- Bibliography -- List of figures -- Indices -- Index of sources -- Index of personal names -- General index. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (498 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9783447390262 |
