The Civic World of Professional Associations in the Roman East.

• Superior document: Dutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology
• Author: van Nijf, Onno M.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 1997.; ©1997.
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Dutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (324 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- THE CIVIC WORLD OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS IN THE ROMAN EAST -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Faces in a crowd -- Private associations -- Collegia in a comparative perspective -- Epigraphy and history -- 1: Funerary activities of professional associations in the Roman East -- Introduction -- The funerary activities of collegia -- Conclusions -- 2: The honorific practices of private associations -- Introduction -- With a little help from their friends: the material benefits of patronage -- Fashioning authority and identity: the symbolic meanings of honorific practices -- Conclusions -- 3: Reading Ancient Festivals -- Introduction -- Private clubs and public festivals -- Economic time and festive time -- 4: Collegia and public commensality -- Introduction -- Collegia in public banquets and distributions in the Roman East -- Conclusions -- 5: Professions on parade -- Introduction -- The participation of private associations in civic processions -- Private associations and imperial ceremonies -- Conclusions -- 6: Seats and civic memory -- Introduction -- Collegia and seating orders in the provinces -- Conclusions -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1: I. Histria 57 -- Appendix 2: Collegia in Public Commensality in the West -- Appendix 3: Collegia in Public Commensality in the East -- Appendix 4: Seats for collegia in the Roman Empire -- Appendix 5: Roman auditoria -- Bibliography -- Index Locorum -- Epigraphical index -- Papyrological index -- Literary and biblical index -- Legal index -- General Index.