Abstract / Description of output
In the early 180s BC representatives of the Attalid king Eumenes arrived in Rome and presented the Senate with a gold crown worth 15,000 gold pieces. This may have been exceptional in its extravagance, but it was one of numerous crowns to be offered to the Romans by the cities and kings of the east. These diplomatic gifts are recorded by the historians Polybius and Livy, but they are still something of a mystery. The present paper explores their nature and significance.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Materiality of Diplomacy in the Hellenistic-Roman Mediterranean |
| Subtitle of host publication | Gifts, Bribes, Offerings |
| Editors | Eduardo Sánchez Moreno, Enrique García Riaza |
| Place of Publication | Edinburgh |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
| Chapter | 4 |
| Pages | 77-107 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781399530415, 9781399530408 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781399530385 |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 2024 |