{"product_id":"poverty-in-the-roman-world-hardback-9780521862110","title":"Poverty in the Roman World (Hardback) 9780521862110","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePoverty in the Roman World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExamines how Romans thought about the poor and about the appropriate ways to relieve poverty.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMargaret Atkins (Edited by), Robin Osborne (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521862110, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 9 October 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e244 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 2 cm, 0.528 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'It is the emphasis on the political power of the poor in Rome emerging from this work that might, perhaps, offer encouragement to impoverished readers today.' Classical Ireland\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIf poor individuals have always been with us, societies have not always seen the poor as a distinct social group. But within the Roman world, from at least the Late Republic onwards, the poor were an important force in social and political life and how to treat the poor was a topic of philosophical as well as political discussion. This book explains what poverty meant in antiquity, and why the poor came to be an important group in the Roman world, and it explores the issues which poverty and the poor raised for Roman society and for Roman writers. In essays which range widely in space and time across the whole Roman Empire, the contributors address both the reality and the representation of poverty, and examine the impact which Christianity had upon attitudes towards and treatment of the poor.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction: Roman poverty in context Robin Osborne\u003cbr\u003e 2. The poor in the city of Rome Neville Morley\u003cbr\u003e 3. Stratification, deprivation and quality of life Walter Scheidel\u003cbr\u003e 4. 'You do him no service': an exploration of pagan almsgiving Anneliese Parkin\u003cbr\u003e 5. Writing poverty in Rome Greg Woolf\u003cbr\u003e 6. Population and poverty in Roman Egypt Dominic Rathbone\u003cbr\u003e 7. A pragmatic approach to poverty and riches: Ambrosiaster's Quaestio CXXIV Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe\u003cbr\u003e 8. Portraying the poor: descriptions of poverty in Christian texts from the Late Roman Empire Richard Finn\u003cbr\u003e 9. Throwing parties for the poor: poverty and splendour in the late antique Church Lucy Grig\u003cbr\u003e 10. Rhetoric and reality in Salvian of Marseille's portrayal of the poor Cam Grey\u003cbr\u003e 11. Poverty and Roman law Caroline Humfress\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: General \u0026amp; world history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on General \u0026amp; world history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22General%20\u0026amp;%20world%20history%20%5BHBG%5D%22\"\u003eHBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265273778456,"sku":"9780521862110","price":90.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521862110i.jpg?v=1692021184","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/poverty-in-the-roman-world-hardback-9780521862110","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}