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9780715637074
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From the Old Testament to Elizabethan England, luxury has been morally condemned. In Rome, sumptuary laws (laws controlling consumption) seemed the only weapon to defeat 'hydra-like luxury', the terrible monster that was weakening even the strongest citizens. The first Roman sumptuary law, the Lex Appia , declared that no woman could possess more than a half ounce of gold, wear a dress of different colours, or ride in a carriage in any city unless for a public ceremony. Laws listed how many different colours could be worn by members of different social classes: peasants could wear one colour
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: The Evil of Luxury; 1. The Roman Response to Luxury; Aspects of Roman extravagance; Conclusion; 2. Previous Measures Against Extravagance; The Twelve Tables' provisions minuendi sumptus lamentationisque funeris; Notae censoriae; 3. Sumptuary Laws; General characteristics; The fight against luxury: social and political implications; Lex Iulia et Papia Poppaea; Conclusion; 4. Sumptuary Legislation in Comparative Perspective; English sumptuary legislation; Japanese sumptuary legislation
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Italian sumptuary legislationDowries in Rome; Conclusion; Conclusion; Appendix: Catalogue of Sumptuary Laws; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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ISBN 9781472519702
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ISBN 9780715637074
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Fighting Hydra-like Luxury : Sumptuary Regulation in the Roman Republic
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Englisch
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