Abstract!
Hi Y’all! I just wanted to add my abstract for those interested in reading it. Thanks! Anchaliya’s “Aequior Civis” Abstract AEQUIOR CIVIS? (A MORE EQUAL CITIZEN) AbstractDonations have been an integral part of society for thousands of years. Ranging from the aqueducts, gates, and bridges given during Ancient Roman times to the modern-day contributions to…
Conference Talk Planning
Hi All! Just wanted to keep you guys updated on my process. I think that the final ‘”form” of my independent study will be a conference talk that hopefully, I can present at a Classical Conference in the future. Here are my sources with some annotations that I have so far. Loren J. Samons II,…
Reflection
Hi All, as the end of quarter 1 approaches for a lot of students, I just wanted to make a post on how my learning process is going. Hopefully, this reflection process is helpful and encourages other people to ask similar questions. IS End-of-Quarter Reflection Content Give a brief summary of content that you have…
Boris Johnson – The Classicist?
This week I decided to shift into more modern times and look at the public outlook on euergetism and what that has been so far. An article that my advisor sent me in relation to this was an interview from Boris Johnson back in 2011. Keep in mind that this was when Boris Johnson was…
Can/Should money be able to buy political infleunce?
This week I read a book review by Elizabeth Meyer of the University of Virginia, on the book “The Politics of Munificence in the Roman Empire. Citizens, elites and Benefactors in Asia Minor”. In this book review I found two really interesting arguments 1) Euergetism could be used as clout among peers and 2) Euergetism…
Euergetism vs Liturgy (What’s the difference?)
Sorry about the late blog posts y’all, we were having some technical issues and two blog posts should be published this week. This week, I looked into the development of euergetism specifically in the Hellenistic period and how exactly this concept of gift giving came to be. Starting in the 4th century BC, there were…
Placia Magna’s Big Donation
Hello All! Hope everyone is having a great week so far! This week I dived a little bit more into the specifics of euergetism. After having a conversation with my faculty advisor, Dr. Monahan, she encouraged me to look into a specific case study of an example of euergetism to fully grasp the concept. This…
Egotistical Euergetism?
This week I started out where I left last week, still analyzing Athenian democracy. I looked into another hot topic, voting. This topic was really interesting and might make up a later blog post, but after having a chat with my faculty advisor, Dr. Monahan, I delved deeper into another topic: Euergetism. I looked into…
Voter Qualifications
This week I started analyzing Athenian Democracy and I investigated the qualifications for voting citizenship. Before I get into my response, I wanted to pose a question for y’all to think about. If you were able to create a government (presumably some sort of democracy), how would you design the voting system? This is essentially…