Fighting Hydra-like Luxury :: Sumptuary Regulation in the Roman Republic.

From the Old Testament to Elizabethan England, luxury has been morally condemned. In Rome, sumptuary laws (laws controlling consumption) seemed the only weapon to defeat 'hydra-like luxury', the terrible monster that was weakening even the strongest citizens. The first Roman sumptuary law,...

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1. Verfasser: Zanda, Emanuela
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013.
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Zusammenfassung:From the Old Testament to Elizabethan England, luxury has been morally condemned. In Rome, sumptuary laws (laws controlling consumption) seemed the only weapon to defeat 'hydra-like luxury', the terrible monster that was weakening even the strongest citizens. The first Roman sumptuary law, the Lex Appia, declared that no woman could possess more than a half ounce of gold, wear a dress of different colours, or ride in a carriage in any city unless for a public ceremony. Laws listed how many different colours could be worn by members of different social classes: peasants could wear one colour,
Beschreibung:1 online resource (366 pages)
ISBN:9781472519702
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