Private Associations in the Ancient Greek World

1. Associations' regulations from the ancient Greek world and beyond: an introduction V. Gabrielsen and M.C.D. Paganini; 2. Admission procedures and financial contributions in private associations: norms and deviations N. Giannakopoulos; 3. Regulations on absence and obligatory participation in ancient associations B. Eckhardt; 4. The place of purity: groups and associations, authority and sanctuaries J.-M. Carbon; 5. Associations and place: regulating meeting-places and sanctuaries S. Skaltsa; 6. Greek thorybos, Roman eustatheia. The normative universe of Athenian cult associations I. Arnaoutoglou; 7. Private affairs in a public domain: regulating behavioural code towards benefactresses and planning a strategy of social impact in Mantinean associations S. Zoumbaki; 8. A world full of associations: rules and community values in early Roman Egypt M. Langellotti; 9. Ordo corporatorum. The rules of Roman associations and the collegia at Ostia in the second and third centuries AD N. Tran; 10. Rules and regulations of associations – the Eurasian comparandum K.G. Ever; 11. Conclusion: associations in their world V. Gabrielsen and M.C.D. Paganini.