Poverty in the Roman world /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 226 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Social problems -- Rome -- History. Poverty -- Rome -- History. Poverty -- Political aspects -- Rome. Poverty -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Rome. Poor -- Rome -- Social conditions. Economic history. Poor -- Social conditions. Poverty. Poverty -- Moral and ethical aspects. Poverty -- Political aspects. Social conditions. Social problems. Rome -- Social conditions. Rome -- Economic conditions. Rome (Empire) History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11813884

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Other authors / contributors:	Atkins, E. M. (E. Margaret) Osborne, Robin, 1957-
ISBN:	0511246285 9780511246289 9780511246951 0511246951 0511245556 9780511245558 9780511482700 0511482701 0521862116 0511244800 9780521862110 1107168554 9781107168558 1280703628 9781280703621 9780511244803 0511244800 0511318820 9780511318825
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	What is poverty? What is to be done about it? These are difficult questions in any period. This book looks at how Romans thought about the poor and about the appropriate ways to relieve poverty. It considers their political importance and how far the rise of Christianity affected their treatment.
Other form:	Print version: Poverty in the Roman world. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006

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