Poverty in the Roman world
by ProQuest (Firm), Osborne, Robin, Atkins, E. M., (E. Margaret)
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What is poverty? What is to be done about it? These are difficult questions in any period. This book looks at how Romans thought about the poor and about the appropriate ways to relieve poverty. It considers their political importance and how far the rise of Christianity affecte…
Poverty in the Roman world
by Garnsey, Peter, Osborne, Robin, Atkins, E. M., (E. Margaret)
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"If 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 t…
What is poverty? What is to be done about it? These are difficult questions in any period. This book looks at how Romans thought about the poor and about the appropriate ways to relieve poverty. It considers their political importance and how far the rise of Christianity affecte…