Roman Frugality

Herausgeber: Gildenhard, Ingo; Viglietti, Cristiano

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores how the ancient Romans negotiated the interface of economics and ethics and handled needs and wants throughout their history. Focuses on the desirability of individual and collective self-restraint in the pursuit of wealth, physical pleasures (food, drink, sex) and power.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Classical Studies
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 193mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 670g
• ISBN-13: 9781108840163
• ISBN-10: 1108840167
• Artikelnr.: 59606114

Inhaltsangabe

1. 'Frugality', economy and society in archaic Rome (late seventh to early
fourth century BCE) Cristiano Viglietti; 2. From Licinius Stolo to Tiberius
Gracchus: Roman frugality and the limitation of landholding John Rich; 3.
Frugality as a political language in the second century BCE: the strategies
of Cato the Elder and Scipio Aemilianus Laure Passet; 4. Smallholding,
frugality and market economy in the Gracchan age Mattia Balbo; 5:.
Frugalitas, or: the invention of a Roman virtue Ingo Gildenhard; 6.
Frugality, building, and heirlooms in an age of social mobility John R.
Patterson; 7. From poverty to prosperity: the recalibration of frugality
Christopher J. Berry.