Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface VII
4. Part 1: The Discourse(s) of and on Corruption
5. Twisted Transfers as Corruption 1
6. The Corrupted Speak 47
7. Civil War and the Corruption of liberalitas in Tacitus’ Histories 65
8. Irreversible Corruption 83
9. Part 2: Corruption in Social Practice and Daily Life
10. Creating Evidence for Corruption 111
11. Corruption in Greco-Roman Egypt 129
12. Ideas of Corruption in Roman Imperial Ports 145
13. Suspect Inheritances 167
14. Salvian and the Corrupted Church of Southern Gaul 199
15. Part 3: The Politics and Diplomacy of Corruption
16. Corruption and Anti-Corruption 223
17. Beyond Crime 257
18. Usurpation of (and Corruption Involving) the Right of Roman Citizenship in the Republic 287
19. Balkan Promises 307
20. Index 335