Beggars and charity
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 11:05 pm
Salvete Romani,
I was recently wondering about beggars in the Roman empire. Nowadays in every major city, there are beggars about, so surely there would have been in big cities such as Rome. What were peoples opinions about these people? Or isn't much know about this aspect?
And another question which is somewhat related to my previous question. Was there any kind of charity amongst the Romans. I remember reading something about rich Romans who would have somekind of charity funding for poor people that didn't have enough money to get a decent burial. However, I am quite sceptic about this and if it actually happened that some poor bloke got a decent burial thanks to this.
Does anybody know any anwsers to these questions?
Valete bene,
I was recently wondering about beggars in the Roman empire. Nowadays in every major city, there are beggars about, so surely there would have been in big cities such as Rome. What were peoples opinions about these people? Or isn't much know about this aspect?
And another question which is somewhat related to my previous question. Was there any kind of charity amongst the Romans. I remember reading something about rich Romans who would have somekind of charity funding for poor people that didn't have enough money to get a decent burial. However, I am quite sceptic about this and if it actually happened that some poor bloke got a decent burial thanks to this.
Does anybody know any anwsers to these questions?
Valete bene,