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1 online resource |
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Roman cities and Roman power: the Roman Empire and Hadrian -- The sources -- Changes of city status and their impact on city life -- Changes affecting cities' daily governance and economy -- Civic benefactions with extramural effects -- Engineering and architectural donations -- Athens, Smyrna, and Italica -- City foundations, new and renewed -- Hadrian's civic benefactions and the Roman Empire |
| Summary |
"In this investigation into the vibrant urban life that existed under Hadrian's rule, Mary T. Boatwright focuses on the emperor's direct interactions with Rome's cities, exploring the many benefactions for which he was celebrated on coins and in literary works and inscriptions. Although such evidence is often as imprecise as it is laudatory, its collective analysis, undertaken for the first time together with all other related material, reveals that over 130 cities received at least one benefaction directly from Hadrian. The benefactions, mediated by members of the empire's municipal elite, touched all aspects of urban life; they included imperial patronage of temples and hero tombs, engineering projects, promotion of athletic and cultural competitions, settlement of boundary disputes, and remission of taxes."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-231) and index |
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Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138 -- Influence
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Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138 |
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Emperors -- Rome -- Biography
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Patron and client -- Rome
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Cities and towns -- Rome.
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome.
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Administrative and political divisions
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Cities and towns
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Emperors
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Patron and client
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Rome -- Administrative and political divisions.
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Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
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Rome (Empire)
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Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
99041096 |
| ISBN |
0691187215 |
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9780691187211 |
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