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Patronage

Patronage. PATRON CLIENT RELATIONSHIP. EMPEROR nominates SALVIUS to an important priesthood. SALVIUS obtains Building contract For HATERIUS. HATERIUS orders Distribution of Sportula to CLIENTS. You scratch my back and I will scratch yours!. Give and Take. Patroni Sportula Food

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Patronage

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  1. Patronage

  2. PATRON CLIENT RELATIONSHIP EMPEROR nominates SALVIUS to an important priesthood. SALVIUS obtains Building contract For HATERIUS. HATERIUS orders Distribution of Sportula to CLIENTS. You scratch my back and I will scratch yours!

  3. Give and Take Patroni • Sportula • Food • Money • Protection • Referrals • advice Clientes • Political support • Accompany at events • Witness wills • Pack dinners • Entourage

  4. Roman Society SENATORIALCLASS EMPEROR EQUESTRIAN CLASS (EQUITES) PEOPLE (PLEBS)

  5. The Emperor • All purple toga – toga picta • Head of all patrons • Lives on Palatine Hill • Held consulship and pontifexmaximus permanently

  6. Senators • Political leaders • Elected, born into it, or bestowed upon them • Wide purple stripe – toga praetexta • 1 million sesterces requirement • Live on Esquiline hill

  7. Equites • Upper-middle class – requirement of 400,000 sesterces • Many equites were businessmen, although many were active in politics. Only a member of the equestrian class might be governor of Egypt. • Could wear a gold ring as a status symbol and a toga with a narrow stripe – tunica angusticlavii

  8. Plebs • Wide range of jobs and finances • Majority of people, but not slaves or wealthy • Heavily rely on patrons • Live in insulae in Subura

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