Patronasi di Romawi Kuno

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.

• 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).
• Cynthia Damon, The Mask of the Parasite (University of Michigan Press, 1997). ISBN 9780472107605

• The Roman Client (Smith's Dictionary, 1875) at LacusCurtius
•  "Patron". The American Cyclopædia. 1879.