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Wealth, Office and Rank in Roman Italy - Hardcover

Danon, Bart

 
9781009496964: Wealth, Office and Rank in Roman Italy
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1009496964 ISBN 13: 9781009496964
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2025

Synopsis

Dismantling the simplistic equation of wealth, political power and social rank in the Roman empire, this study presents a new reconstruction of the distribution of elite wealth in Roman Italy based on an innovative combination of economic modelling and archaeological and epigraphic evidence. Bart Danon follows a quantitative approach to show that the Roman economic elite was in fact much larger than the political and social elites. The many wealthy households outside the socio-political orders fuelled intense competition for junior political offices, while paradoxically strengthening the resilience of the Roman political system. By challenging long-held assumptions, this book offers fresh perspectives on the complexities of wealth and power in ancient Rome. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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About the Author

BART Danon is Assistant Professor in Ancient History at the University of Groningen. He works on the social and economic history of the Roman Empire, with a focus on inequality, urbanisation and slavery. He is a co-editor of The Uncertain Past (Cambridge, 2023).

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2025
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1009496964
ISBN 13 
9781009496964
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
306