Patronasi (clientela) adalah hubungan khusus dalam masyarakat Romawi kuno antara patronus (jamak patroni , "pelindung") dan cliens mereka (jamak clientes , "klien"). Hubungan tersebut bersifat hierarkial, tetapi saling menguntungkan.
Bacaan tambahan
- Ernst Badian , Foreign Clientelae (Oxford University Press, 1959).
- Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, editor, Patronage in Ancient Society (Routledge, 1990).
- R.P. Saller, Personal Patronage in the Roman Empire (Cambridge University Press, 1984).
- , The Mask of the Parasite (University of Michigan Press, 1997). ISBN 9780472107605
Pranala luar
- The Roman Client (Smith's Dictionary, 1875) at LacusCurtius
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