De Beneficiis
De Beneficiis
The longest surviving ancient treatise on gift-giving, De Beneficiis treats the exchange of favors as the social bond holding Roman society together and works out at length when gratitude is owed and when it lapses.
De Beneficiis
The longest surviving ancient treatise on gift-giving, De Beneficiis treats the exchange of favors as the social bond holding Roman society together and works out at length when gratitude is owed and when it lapses.
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