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100	1	0	_aSimon, Isabelle _eauthor
245	0	0	_aAn Aspect of Imperial Largesse: The Sparsiones of Missilia in Rome (First Century BC to Third Century AD)
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520			_aThe Roman emperor was expected to practice liberalitas, one of the imperial virtues. During the first three centuries of the Principate, imperial liberalitas included different types of bounties. We focus on the public distributions of money, food, clothes, and various objects called sparsiones de missilia. This paper aims at explaining the way these benefactions were conferred and what they symbolized. It highlights the role played by Fortuna in the sharing out of the different kinds of goods. The originality of these gifts partly consists in their random sharing. The Prince also appeared to be an omnipotent benefactor thanks to them.
690			_aRome
690			_aImperial Image
690			_aLiberalities
690			_aAntiquity
690			_aFortuna
786	0		_nRevue historique | o 648 | 4 | 2009-02-17 | p. 763-788 | 0035-3264
856	4	1	_uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-historique-2008-4-page-763?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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