Roman frugality: modes of moderation from the Archaic Age to the Early Empire and beyond

Roman Frugality offers the first-ever systematic analysis of the variants of individual and collective self-restraint that shaped ancient Rome throughout its history and had significant repercussions in post-classical times. In particular, it tries to do the complexity of a phenomenon justice that i...

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Other Authors: Gildenhard, Ingo 1970- (Editor), Viglietti, Cristiano 1975- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [und 5 weitere] Cambridge University Press 2020
Series:Cambridge classical studies
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Summary:Roman Frugality offers the first-ever systematic analysis of the variants of individual and collective self-restraint that shaped ancient Rome throughout its history and had significant repercussions in post-classical times. In particular, it tries to do the complexity of a phenomenon justice that is situated at the interface of ethics and economics, self and society, the real and the imaginary, and touches upon thrift and sobriety in the material sphere, but also modes of moderation more generally, not least in the spheres of food and drink, sex and power. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach drawing on ancient history, philology, archaeology and the history of thought, the volume traces the role of frugal thought and practice within the evolving political culture and political economy of ancient Rome from the archaic age to the imperial period and concludes with a chapter that explores the reception of ancient ideas of self-restraint in early modern times
Physical Description:xii, 415 Seiten
ISBN:9781108840163
9781108793834

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