Euergetism
Practice of wealthy individuals distributing wealth to the community / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Euergetism (or evergetism, from the Greek εὐεργετέω, "do good deeds") was the ancient practice of high-status and wealthy individuals in society distributing part of their wealth to the community. This practice was also part of the patron-client relation system of Roman society. The term was coined by French historian André Boulanger and subsequently used in the works of Paul Veyne.[1][2]
This article needs attention from an expert in Classical Greece and Rome. The specific problem is: while the content looks good on the face of it, much of this seems to have been machine-translated from another language, probably French. (April 2013) |