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.