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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forbis, Elizabeth.

Series:

Beiträge zur Altertumskunde ; Bd. 79.

Beiträge zur Altertumskunde ; Band 79

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inscriptions, Latin--Italy.

Inscriptions, Latin.

Rome--Moral conditions.

Rome.

Rome--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2012

Place of Publication:

Stuttgart : Teubner, 1996.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The volumes published in the series "Beitr ge zur Altertumskunde" comprise monographs, collective volumes, editions, translations and commentaries on various topics from the fields of Greek and Latin Philology, Ancient History, Archeology, Ancient Philosophy as well as Classical Reception Studies. The series thus offers indispensable research tools for a wide range of disciplines related to Ancient Studies.

Contents:

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

Notes:

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

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

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110954449

3110954443

OCLC:

922946796