The Client-Patron Relationship

The client-patron relationships endured through generations and wound up providing many of the social services we now ask of the state. These bonds were strong enough to bind families to voting against their own immediate interest in favor of their patrons chosen policy. Scipio had granted favors to the Syrian king in exchange for certain monetary tribute, which on one hand was obviously bribery. But on another, it was simply an extension of the client-Patron model. Could a patron deny his client a favor? Why it would be rude to do such a thing.