Sources - Patronage Flashcards
Public display of _________ was a very important feature of Roman society. It was not enough to belong to one of the upper classes - status and rank had to be seen and publicly __________, in order for it to be meaningful
Status
Recognised
The patron-client relationship was a relationship between 2 people who were of what status
Different status (one higher, one lower)
What were the 2 types of patronage
Public
Personal
What was public patronage
Patronage in which a patron became the protector and benefactor of a group - such patronage would usually involve large gifts of money for public buildings - but could also involve various forms of protection
What was personal patronage
Patronage in which a patron aided an individual of lower status through money, gifts and dinner invitations, help with lawsuits or business affairs and other forms of advice and protection
Patronage relationships might be maintained through several _____________ of the same families
Generations
Public patrons expected to receive __________ _____________ for their financial support in the form of _________ and _____________
Public acknowledgement
Statues and inscriptions
Personal patrons expected various forms of ________ displays of deference such as the morning greeting and accompanying the patron to the ________
Public
Forum
An important daily public ritual associated with patronage was a ___________ which translates as ___________. What was this?
Salutatio
Greeting
When clients flocked to the homes of their wealthy patron
Salutatio was a _________ occasion, requiring both patron and client to wear ________. Thus the difference in their clothing would be a reminder of what?
Formal
Togas
Their difference in status
During salutatio, clients clustered in the _________, the _________ and even the streets outside the patron’s house, waiting to be summoned individually to ________ the patron in his ___________: after the greeting they might be required to accompany the patron to the _______ or the ___________ if he needed a public entourage.
Atrium Vestibule Greet Tablinum Forum Lawcourts
Name 2 satire writers
Juvenal
Martial
A relationship where a client is trying to attract other patrons could be described as _______________
Sycophantic