Research Article

Non-elite Benefactors in the Roman East: Building Activity by Freedmen, Slaves, Craftsmen and Traders

Volume: Suppl. 1 August 31, 2016
  • Maria Kantirea
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Non-elite Benefactors in the Roman East: Building Activity by Freedmen, Slaves, Craftsmen and Traders

Abstract

Building activity was undoubtedly the most visible way of self-celebration and of dis­playing financial power. Although that most monuments in the Roman East were constructed by the ruling elite, civic authorities and the emperor, under the Principate, leading members of the middle classes and professional associations, local craftsmen and artisans, traders and merchants, Ro­man negotiatores, well-to-do imperial freedmen and even slaves, in their attempt to imitate aris­to­­cratic practices of their time, undertook some building projects by supervising, commissioning and financing sacred, public and semi-private monuments. Certainly the cases of this non-elite build­ing euergetism are not numerous, but, when seen in relation to other forms of social mobil­ity, such as the entry of low-born persons and freedmen into the local councils, may indicate social chan­ges. The aim of this paper is to gather the epigraphic testimonies and to interpret the building acti­vities of these atypical benefactors in the context of urban development and daily life.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Linguistics

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Maria Kantirea This is me
Cyprus

Publication Date

August 31, 2016

Submission Date

January 8, 2016

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2016 Volume: Suppl. 1

APA
Kantirea, M. (2016). Non-elite Benefactors in the Roman East: Building Activity by Freedmen, Slaves, Craftsmen and Traders. PHILIA, Suppl. 1, 471-493. https://izlik.org/JA29PY33LF
AMA
1.Kantirea M. Non-elite Benefactors in the Roman East: Building Activity by Freedmen, Slaves, Craftsmen and Traders. PHILIA. 2016;Suppl. 1:471-493. https://izlik.org/JA29PY33LF
Chicago
Kantirea, Maria. 2016. “Non-Elite Benefactors in the Roman East: Building Activity by Freedmen, Slaves, Craftsmen and Traders”. PHILIA Suppl. 1 (August): 471-93. https://izlik.org/JA29PY33LF.
EndNote
Kantirea M (August 1, 2016) Non-elite Benefactors in the Roman East: Building Activity by Freedmen, Slaves, Craftsmen and Traders. PHILIA Suppl. 1 471–493.
IEEE
[1]M. Kantirea, “Non-elite Benefactors in the Roman East: Building Activity by Freedmen, Slaves, Craftsmen and Traders”, PHILIA, vol. Suppl. 1, pp. 471–493, Aug. 2016, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA29PY33LF
ISNAD
Kantirea, Maria. “Non-Elite Benefactors in the Roman East: Building Activity by Freedmen, Slaves, Craftsmen and Traders”. PHILIA SUPPL. 1 (August 1, 2016): 471-493. https://izlik.org/JA29PY33LF.
JAMA
1.Kantirea M. Non-elite Benefactors in the Roman East: Building Activity by Freedmen, Slaves, Craftsmen and Traders. PHILIA. 2016;Suppl. 1:471–493.
MLA
Kantirea, Maria. “Non-Elite Benefactors in the Roman East: Building Activity by Freedmen, Slaves, Craftsmen and Traders”. PHILIA, vol. Suppl. 1, Aug. 2016, pp. 471-93, https://izlik.org/JA29PY33LF.
Vancouver
1.Maria Kantirea. Non-elite Benefactors in the Roman East: Building Activity by Freedmen, Slaves, Craftsmen and Traders. PHILIA [Internet]. 2016 Aug. 1;Suppl. 1:471-93. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA29PY33LF