Foreign 'Clientelae' in the Roman Empire: A Reconsideration

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Since the publication of Ernst Badian's groundbreaking study "Foreign Clientelae" in 1958, his emphasis on the personal relations between Roman senators and members of the provincial elites has become the dominant interpretation for studies of the Roman Empire. Accordingly, Rome not only conceptualized her relations with communities all over the Mediterranean in the form and language of patronage (amicitia, patronus, cliens) but also heavily relied upon them in order to control the Empire. Moreover, it is assumed that these relationships enhanced the position and influence of Roman nobles back home. In this volume, 18 authors from 6 countries reexamine some underlying theoretical assumptions of this paradigma as well as its actual application by means of different case-studies. As a result, it becomes clear that the usual methods for identifying foreign clientelae by identic names cannot be sustained and the importance of the phenomenon both for the Romans and for the Empire seems to be overestimated. The volume thus offers a fresh approach for analysing "Foreign Clientelae" while at the same time assessing its significance more appropriately. TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS INTRODUCTION 1. CLIENTELA AT ROME AND IN THE PROVINCES: SOME METHODOLOGICAL AND HISTORIOGRAPHICAL REMARKS FOREIGN CLIENTELAE REVISITED: A METHODOLOGICAL CRITIQUE DECLINE AND GLORIFICATION: PATRON-CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS IN THE ROMAN REPUBLIC 2. ROME AND ITALY: INTERSTATE RELATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL CONNECTIONS BEYOND ‘FOREIGN CLIENTELES’ AND ‘FOREIGN CLANS’ SOME REMARKS ON THE INTERMARRIAGE BETWEEN ROMAN AND ITALIAN ELITES ITALIANS IN BADIAN’S FOREIGN CLIENTELAE THE ETRUSCAN AND ITALIC CLIENTELAE OFSCIPIO AFRICANUS MAIOR (LIVY 28.45) – A FICTION? 3. FOREIGN CLIENTELAE IN THE WESTERN EMPIRE: HISPANIA, GAUL AND AFRICA CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS AND THE DIFFUSION OF ROMAN NAMES IN HISPANIA A CRITICAL REVIEW FOREIGN CITIES INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF THE ROMAN EXPANSIONIN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA (218–133 B.C.) THE HOSPITIUM PUBLICUM OF GADES ANDCORNELIUS BALBUS FOREIGN CLIENTELAE, LA GAULE MÉRIDIONALE: UN MODÈLE D’INTÉGRATION ? LE GOUVERNEUR ET LES CLIENTÈLES PROVINCIALES : LA PROVINCE ROMAINE D’AFRIQUE DE SA CRÉATION À AUGUSTE (146 AV. J.-C. – 14 AP. J.-C.) L’APPORT DE LA DOCUMENTATION NUMISMATIQUE À L’ÉTUDE DES FOREIGN CLIENTELAE : LE CAS DE JUBA II DE MAURÉTANIE 4. AMICITIA AND FOREIGN CLIENTELAE IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN BEYOND CLIENTELA: THE INSTRUMENTALITY OF AM ICITIA IN THE GREEK EAST NABIS, FLAMININUS, AND THE AMICITIA BETWEEN ROME AND SPARTA VON PERSONALER ANBINDUNG ZU TERRITORIALERORGANISATION? DYNAMIKEN RÖMISCHER REICHSBILDUNG UND DIE PROVINZIALISIERUNG ZYPERNS (58 V. CHR.) 5. THE IMPACT OF FOREIGN CLIENTELAE IN ROME: POLITICAL AND MILITARY ASPECTS RECONSIDERING FOREIGN CLIENTELAE AS A SOURCE OF STATUS IN THE CITY OF ROME DURING THE LATE ROMAN REPUBLIC AUXILIA AND CLIENTELAE: MILITARY SERVICE AND FOREIGN CLIENTELAE RECONSIDERED 6. FOREIGN CLIENTELAE BEYOND THE REPUBLIC FROM PATRONUS TO PATER THE CHANGING ROLE OF PATRONAGE IN THE PERIOD OF TRANSITION FROM POMPEY TO AUGUSTUS CHANGE AND DECLINE IN CIVIC PATRONAGE OF THE HIGH EMPIRE BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX OF PERSONS SUBJECT INDEX