Practice of wealthy individuals distributing wealth to the community
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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]
^Zuiderhoek, Arjan (2009). The Politics of Munificence in the Roman Empire : Citizens, Elites and Benefactors in Asia Minor(PDF). Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-521-51930-4.
^Angela V. Kalinowski (1996). "Patterns of Patronage: The Politics and Ideology of Public Building in the Eastern Roman Empire (31 BCE - 600 CE)" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-04-30.
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