Dinamiche di competizione sociale a Roma tra la tarda repubblica e l’impero

By (author) Chiara Carsana By (author) Alessandro Galimberti By (author) Laura Mecella

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Extent: 252 pages

Publisher: L’ERMA di Bretschneider

Subjects: Classical Studies

Series: Monografie del Centro Ricerche di Documentazione sull'Antichita Classica

Series volume number: 58

Language: Italian

Paperback (Published)

(June 2026)

ISBN: 9788891337955

6.693 x 9.449 inches

Price: $213.00

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This volume collects papers from an international conference exploring social envy, rivalry, and ambition in

the Roman world (1st century BC – 3rd century AD). Adopting an interdisciplinary approach that combines

historiographical, literary, epigraphic, and papyrological evidence, the book examines how competitive

passions shaped political structures and socio-cultural dynamics in antiquity.

The volume is structured into three thematic sections: the conceptual and semantic evolution of phthonos and

invidia in historiography and epigraphy; the socio-economic impact of civic and fiscal hierarchies in the

provinces and rural contexts (with a focus on Roman Egypt); and court dynamics, highlighting tensions

between imperial authority and the nobilitas.

Together, these studies demonstrate that social envy was not merely a personal passion, but a key analytical

category and political factor in the Roman world.

  • By (author) Chiara Carsana
  • By (author) Alessandro Galimberti
  • By (author) Laura Mecella