This volume maintains that contemporary events, ideologies, and institutions have shaped scholarly work on the ancient Roman collegia, a group of institutions known principally from epigraphic and legal sources. It traces the origins of thinking on the subject from the creation of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum through the political and social movements of the 19th and 20th centuries in Western Europe. The bulk of the book focuses particularly on the intersection of scholarship and economic theory in Fascist Italy, as the collegia were analysed by the Istituto di Studi Romani, incorporated into the Mostra Augustea della Romanità, and ultimately championed by the Minister of National Education, Giuseppe Bottai, in 1939.
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Introduction Chapter One: Theodor Mommsen's 'collegia funeraticia' and the search for Christian origins in the nineteenth century Chapter Two: Jean-Pierre Waltzing's 'professional associations' and the legacy of Christian democracy Chapter Three: Collegia and Corporativismo in Fascist Italy Chapter Four: Collegia, the Institute of Roman Studies, and 'Romanita' Chapter Five: Collegia, race, and Roman heritage under Giuseppe Bottai Chapter Six: Socialism and sociability: The collegia since 1945 Conclusion: Autumn Journal, Bottai's journal, and the relevance of Rome Bibliography Epigraphic Index General Index
