Patronus et cliens: relații, influențe, beneficii în Roma antică
Patronus et cliens: Relationships, Influences, Benefits in Ancient Rome

Summary/Abstract: As a form of organizing social relations, the institution of patronage has always been a complex socio-historical phenomenon, which has influenced public and private relations. In order to understand how the Roman aristocrats divided their social relations into categories, we will look at the context and the connotations with which the terms patronus and cliens were used. In this regard, we will describe the network of personal relations in the Roman aristocratic society in order to illustrate the political and especially the social tor in the life of the Roman aristocrats. In ancient society, personal ties between consequences. The links between the senatorial order and the equestrian order were so numerous that it cannot be doubted that the two orders were fully integrated from social and cultural point of view. In addition to the many kinship ties, there was a continuous exchange of beneficia between senators and equites, developing many amicitia and patronage relationships. The office of a patronal nature remained an important facpeople of different statuses were usually predominant, which was relevant to understanding the employer-type society. The ideology of exchanging gifts for public and private welfare in the Roman world was based on the relationship between debt, status, expense. The economic elements were embedded in non-economic institutions due to the concept of "profit" of the classical man, which was to acquire "symbolic capital" and status. We will also show that during the Republic the political effectiveness of a senator was related to the power of his clients and the power of those considered his friends. With the advent of the princeps this fact changed and the approach to the emperor became the safest and most important thing. A senator's amici and protégés could be decisive in promoting his clients.

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