Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Abbreviations vii
4. Preface viii
5. Introduction 1
6. I. Generic Vocabulary of Praise: Fostering Patronage through Exempla 9
7. II. Financial Generosity 29
8. III. Personal Motivations for Patronage 45
9. IV. Administrative Virtues 61
10. V. Virtues and Epithets of Personal Character 83
11. Conclusion 91
12. Appendix 1: Corpus of Honorary Inscriptions and Tabulae Patronatus 105
13. Appendix 2: Regional Distribution of Inscriptions 233
14. Appendix 3: Chronological Distribution of Inscriptions 235
15. Appendix 4: Social Make-up and Distribution of Honorands 239
16. Appendix 5: Social Make-up and Distribution of Dedicators 245
17. Appendix 6: Attribution of Terms of Praise by Type of Dedicator 251
18. Appendix 7: Chronological Distribution of Key Terms of Praise in Corpus 255
19. Appendix 8 257
20. Bibliography 261
21. Indices 273