Luxury (luxuria)

Edwards, Catharine (2021) Luxury (luxuria). In: UNSPECIFIED (ed.) Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199381135.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013...

Abstract

While the definition of luxury might be contested, high-value goods played a crucial role in articulating social distinction and political power in Greece and Rome. Particularly in ancient Rome, where imperial expansion brought increased wealth and access to a wider range of goods, luxury was often the object of moralizing criticism, both as a personal vice and as a general threat to the well-being of the state.

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Item Type:	Book Section
Keyword(s) / Subject(s):	historiography, morality, democratic ideology, Roman elite, manliness
School:	Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Historical Studies
Depositing User:	Catharine Edwards
Date Deposited:	31 Mar 2021 09:54
Last Modified:	02 Aug 2023 18:09
URI:	https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/43717

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