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Aristocracy in Antiquity - Redefining Greek and Roman Elites (Hardcover)
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Aristocracy in Antiquity - Redefining Greek and Roman Elites (Hardcover)
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The words 'aristocrats', 'aristocracy' and 'aristocratic values'
appear in many a study of ancient history and culture. Sometimes
these terms are used with a precise meaning. More often they are
casual shorthand for 'upper class', 'ruling elite' and 'high
standards'. This book brings together 12 new studies by an
impressive international cast of specialists. It demonstrates not
only that true aristocracies were rare in the ancient world, but
also that the modern use of 'aristocracy' in a looser sense is
misleading. The word comes with connotations derived from medieval
and modern history. Antiquity, it is here argued, was different.
Aristocracy in Antiquity explores and challenges the common
assumption that hereditary 'aristocrats' who derive much of their
status, privilege and power from their ancestors are identifiable
at most times and places in the ancient world. They question, too,
the related notion that deep ideological divisions existed between
'aristocratic values', such as hospitality, generosity and a
disdain for commerce or trade, and the norms and ideals of lower or
'middling' classes. They do so by detailed analysis of
archaeological and literary evidence for the rise and nature of
elites and leisure classes, diverse elite strategies, and political
conflicts in a variety of states across the Mediterranean. Chapters
deal with archaic and classical Athens, Samos, Aigina and Crete;
the Greek 'colonial' settlements such as Sicily; archaic Rome and
central Italy; and the Roman Empire under the Principate.
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