Roman Patrons of Greek Cities - Eilers, Claude (Associate Professor of Classics, Associate Professor of Classics, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada)

Patronage has been an important topic of interest to ancient historians, but it remains unclear what patronage entailed and how it worked. An examination of inscriptions from the Greek East, however, implies that the practice whereby Romans became patrons of Greek cities was not only a part of Rome's history, but had a history of its own.