Did patronage still serve a useful purpose in first century Rome? “In the old days clients were guests. But now Roman citizens in togas wait in crowds and scramble on their patron’s doorway for their tiny allowance. ” Patronage in its original form benefited both patron and client. One important part of patronage was the salutatio where clients paid their respects to their patron in order to a ‘dole’ (sportula). Patrons expected their clients to …showed first 75 words of 2288 total…

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