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Patronage in Ancient Society (1989) examines a subject central to the society of the ancient Mediterranean, bringing together the interests of ancient historians and sociologists, using ancient societies, and particularly Roman society, as the focus for their studies.

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1. Patronage and its Avoidance in Classical Athens Paul Millett 2. Patronage and Friendship in Early Imperial Rome: Drawing the Distinction Richard Saller 3. Patronage in Roman Society: From Republic to Empire Andrew Wallace-Hadrill 4. Early Roman Clientes Andrew Drummond 5. Patronage and International Relations in the Roman Republic John Rich 6. Function and Dysfunction: Personal Patronage in Roman Imperialism David Braund 7. Patronage of the Rural Poor in the Roman World Peter Garnsey and Greg Woolf 8. Bandits, Elites and Rural Order Keith Hopwood 9. Patronage in Roman Gaul and the Problem of the Bagaude John Drinkwater 10. The Client-Patron Relationship: Emblem and Reality in Juvenal's First Book Duncan Cloud 11. Patronage: Relation and System Terry Johnson and Chris Dandeker