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050 4 _aDG78 -- .F67 1996eb
100 1 _aForbis, Elizabeth.
245 1 0 _aMunicipal Virtues in the Roman Empire :
_bThe Evidence of Italian Honorary Inscriptions.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aBerlin/Boston :
_bDe Gruyter, Inc.,
_c1996.
264 4 _c©1996.
300 _a1 online resource (308 pages)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aBeiträge Zur Altertumskunde Series ;
_vv.79
505 0 _aIntro -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- I. Generic Vocabulary of Praise: Fostering Patronage through Exempla -- Honor -- Merita and Beneficia -- Honorary Epithets: Optimus, Dignissimus, Praestantissimus -- II. Financial Generosity -- Descriptions of Private Munificence -- Munificentia, Liberalitas and Largitio -- Benignitas and Bontias -- III. Personal Motivations for Patronage -- Amor and Adfectio -- Benevolentia and Spes -- Voluntas and Studium -- Obsequium and Reverentia -- Honorificentia -- Pietas -- IV. Administrative Virtues -- Administrative Integrity -- Civic Service -- Political Influence -- V. Virtues and Epithets of Personal Character -- Modestia and Verecundia -- Pudicitia, Castitas and Probitas -- Singularis, Incomparabilis, Rarissimus -- Conclusion -- Virtues in Action -- Choice of Vocabulary -- Virtues and Social Context -- Regional and Chronological Observations -- Appendices -- 1. Corpus of Inscriptions -- 2. Regional Distribution of Inscriptions -- 3. Chronological Distribution of Inscriptions -- 4. Social Make-up and Distribution of Honorands -- 5. Social Make-up and Distribution of Dedicators -- 6. Attribution of Terms of Praise by Type of Dedicator -- 7. Chronological Distribution of Key Terms of Praise -- 8. Comparative Virtues from the Literary Exempta and the Coins of Antoninus Pius and Septimius Severas -- Bibliography -- Indices.
520 _aNo detailed description available for "Municipal Virtues in the Roman Empire".
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aInscriptions, Latin -- Italy.
650 0 _aRome -- Moral conditions.
650 0 _aRome -- Social life and customs.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aForbis, Elizabeth
_tMunicipal Virtues in the Roman Empire
_dBerlin/Boston : De Gruyter, Inc.,c1996
_z9783598776281
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aBeiträge Zur Altertumskunde Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3043807
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