Loving the Poor
Poverty and Leadership in the Later Roman Empire
by Peter Brown
November 21, 2002 issue
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Brent D. Shaw is Professor of Classical Studies and Chair of the Graduate Group in Ancient History at the University ofPennsylvania. His most recent book is Spartacus and the Slave Wars.
Loving the Poor
Poverty and Leadership in the Later Roman Empire
by Peter Brown
November 21, 2002 issue
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