THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

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1 A THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE A Sourcebook Second edition Barbara Levick London and New York

2 Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Weights. Measures, Currency and Wealth Maps 1 6 xv xvi xviii xx xxvii Introduction: the Power of Rome 1 1. Strabo, Geography 4, 5, 3, p. 200f Appian, Roman History, Preface, 7 3 Structure 7 3. Seneca the Younger, On Clemency 1,1, "/6e Augustan History: Hadrian 15, 12f EJ Strabo, Geography 17, 3, 24f., p. 839f Cassius Dio, Roman History 53, 12, 7-9; 14, AJP 100(1979), 55Iff Strabo, Geography 3, 4, 20, p. I66f Fronto, Correspondence with Antoninus Pius 8, AJP 87 (1966), 75ff. and457f ILS Smallwood, Gains-Nero ILS Smallwood, Gains-Nero EJ Smallwood, Nerva-Hadrian Suetonius, Deified Augustus Strabo, Geography 14, 5, 6, p

3 20. Strabo, Geography 12, 8, 8f., p. 574f EJ Smallwood, Gaius-Nero Strabo, Geography 14, 3, 2f., p. 664f Suetonius, Deified Augustus 47, LS6O9O Strabo, G^ra^j 4,1, llf.,p. 186f ILS MW 454 sections ('Lex Malacitana') 28 Force Smallwood, Gaius-Nero 228 (MW 261) Arrian, Periplus of the Black Sea 6, If; 9, Tacitus, Annals 4,4, 4-5, CassiusDio, Roman History 55,25,2-24, ILS LS Smallwood, Nerva-Hadrian ILS Smallwood, Nerva-Hadrian 323(a) EJ Ulpian in Digest 1, 18, 13, Intr Pliny, Letters 10, ILS Josephusjezm/^ Wfcr 2, Tacitus, Annals 14, 31, 5-32, Pausanias, Guide to Greece 10, 34, Inscriptions graecae in Bulgaria repertae 4, Musurillo, Christian Acts 1, 6, 1-7, 2 (The Martyrdom of Polycarp') Marcianus in Digest 48, 3, 6, Intr. and 1 49 Law Ulpian and Venuleius in Digest 1, 16, 4, 3f; 6; lof EJ 311, 1 and 4 ('First and Fourth Cyrene Edicts') Codex of Justinian 6, 32, Musurillo, Christian Acts 6 ('The Scillitan Martyrs') Apuleius, The Golden Ass 10, Smallwood, Gaius-Nero 392 (MW 455) 58 VI

4 54. Smallwood, Gaius-Nero Ulpian in Comparison of Mosaic and Roman Law 14, 3, If Codex ofjustinian 3, 26, JR5 46(1956),46ff Acts of the Apostles 16,16; 18-24; ILS 6087 ('Lex Coloniae Iuliae Genetivae', section 102) EJ EJ 311, 5 ('Fifth Cyrene Edict') Pliny, Letters 4, 9, 1-10; Financing EJ [Hyginus,] The Establishment of Boundaries 205L Latomus 30 (1971), 352ff Ulpian in Digest 50, 15, Ulpian in Digest 50, 15, AE 1923, Paulus in Digest 49, 18, Papinian in Digest 50, 1, 17, Ulpian in D^w? 50, 4, 3, lof Arcadius Charisius in Digest 50, 4, 18, G5,l,l432f IGR4, Tacitus, Annals 6,19, Smallwood, Nerva-Hadrian 439 ('Lex metallis dicta') CassiusDio, Roman History 55,24,9-25, Cassius Dio, Roman History, Epitome of Book 78, 9, Tacitus, Histories, 4, Achievements of the Deified Augustus, Appendix (EJ p. 30f.) EJ MW Tacitus, Annals 3, 53, 3-54, MW Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum 2, 3, 3913 ('The Palmyra Tariff) 95 vn

5 86. H. Engelmann and D. Knibbe, Epigr. Anat. 14 (1989) ('The customs law of Asia'), lines 7; ; Callistratus in Digest 50, 4, 14 (intr.) EJ 311, 3 ('Third Cyrene Edict') MW Apuleius, The Golden Ass 10, AE 1968, Communications, Transport and Supplies Josephusjewish War 2, 552f Suetonius, Deified Augustus 49, Pliny, Natural History 19, JRS 66 (1976), 106ff.; ZPE 45 (1982), 99f Smallwood, Nerva-Hadrian Pliny, Utters 10, 45f EJ EJ C/L3, 3198a = (=EJ 266) JRS 63 (1975), 80ff Smallwood, Gaius-Nero Smallwood, Gaius-Nero Strabo, Geography 4, 6, 11, p Smallwood, Gaius-Nero LS IGR4, Suetonius, Deified Claudius 18, 2; 19; 20, Callistratus in Digest 50, 6, 6 (5), ILS Dio of Prusa, Discourse 46, 8; 11-13; MW Suetonius, Domitian 7, Philostratus, L/m o/^e 5o^;jrj 1,21 (520) FIRA I 2, 101 (The inscription of Ain Djemala') Loyalty: the Role of the Emperor Rutilius Claudius Namatianus, Poem on his Homecoming 1, 47-58; Aelius Aristides, Oration 26, vni

6 118. Strabo, Geography 10, 5, 3, p. 485f EJ EJ LS Cassius Dio, Roman History 51,20, 6f EJ 102 (Tiberius'letter to Gytheion') Smallwood, Gaius-Nero 370 ('Claudius' letter to the Alexandrians') Livy, History of Rome, Epitome of Book MW ILS EJ EJ 315 (The Oath of Gangra') EJ 105* Smallwood, Gaius-Nero Fink et al., The Feriale Duranum 143 Patronage Dio of Prusa, Discourse on Kingship 3, AE 1962, Plutarch, Precepts for Politicians 13,18-20 (Moralia 808BC) The Augustan History, Pertinax 1,4-2, Pliny, Letters 10, Pliny, Letters 7, Pliny, Letters 10, 6f Cassius Dio, Roman History 60, 17, 5f Suetonius, Deified Vespasian 23, Fronto, Correspondence with Marcus Caesar 3, Fronto, Correspondence with Marcus Caesar 5, 34f C7L8, Lucian, Alexander Fronto, Correspondence with his Friends 2, L Smallwood, Gaius-Nero Smallwood, Nerva-Hadrian Arrian, Discourses of Epictetus 4, 1,

7 9 Assimilation Tacitus, Life of Agricola Suetonius, Caligula Cassius Dio, Roman History 60, 17, 3f Pliny, Utters 10, Tacitus, Annals II, 19, L Smallwood, Gaius-Nero 407b ('Volubilis Inscription') EJ 301 ('Seleucus of Rhosus Archive') MW J. Gonzalez,^ 76 (1986) (The Tabula Irnitana) sections 21-3 and L ?5 63(1973),86ff. (Tabula Banasitana') Smallwood, Gaius-Nero Smallwood, Gaius-Nero 369 (The Table of Lyons') Plutarch, On Peace of Mind 10 (Moralia 47OC) MAMA 9, IGR4, Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2, 24 (606f.) Modestinus in Digest 27, 1, 6, 8; 2 and Eutrppius, Survey of Roman History 9, 12 13, Failings Cassius Dio, Roman History 57, 10, Smallwood, Gaius-Nero 391 (MW 328) ('Edict of Tiberius Julius Alexander') EJ P. Teb. 2, Philo, Embassy to Gains Suetonius, Domitian 8, DioofPrusa, Discourse 45, llf H.-G. Pflaum, U Marbre de Thorigny (Paris, 1948) JRS 49 (1959), 96, no Aelius Aristides, Oration 26, Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 1, 24 (5 29) DioofPrusa, Discourse 34, The same, 47f. 202

8 184. Plutarch, Precepts for Politicians 17, 7f, 10 (Moralia 8\4 A-C) Tacitus, Histories 4, The same, 1, Herodian, Histories 5, 2, 7-9; 3, DioofPrusa, Discourse 38, 33-8 (excerpts) Ps.-Ulpian in Digest 1, 18, 6, 2 and Ulpian in Digest 48, 19, 9, llf DioofPrusa, Discourse 34, Pliny, Letters 10, 37f MW Hesperia 221 (1952), 381ff; 222 (1953), 966ff Ulpian in Digest 50, 9, 4, Intr. and Ulpian in Digest 50, 12, 1, Intr. and Aphrodisias Resistance Aelius Aristides, Oration 26, 65f AJ MarcianusinD/jw/47,22, 1, Intro Tacitus, Annals 3, 40-6 (excerpts) Tacitus, Histories 2, The Augustan History, Life of Alexander Severn s 60, ]osephus,jewishwar2, The same, 4, 138^0; I47f The same, 7, Cassius Dio, History of Rome, Epitome of Book 72, Uvy,HistoryofRome9,l8, Musurillo, Pagan Acts, XI (The Acts of Appian') Sibylline Oracles 4, Lactantius, Divine Institutions 7: The Good Life 15, Ammianus Marcellinus, History 23, 5, Crisis? Cassius Dio, Roman History. Epitome of Book 72, 36,3f P2, The Augustan History. Probus 22,4-23,3 229

9 216. RIC 5, 2, 87,no Modestinus in Digest 26, 7, 32, Scaevola in Digest 13, 7, 43, AJ Smallwood, Nerva-Hadrian P. Got Plutarch, On Exile 12 (Moralia 604B) 223. IGR4, P. Oxy. 1415, lines Ps.-Ulpian in Digest, 50, 2, AJ 142 (The inscription of Aga Bey Koy') 227. Codex of Justinian 11,59 (58), CIL 13, Lactantius, Deaths of the Persecutors 7, Aurelius Victor, The Caesars 33, 33f 231. ILS Aphrodisias Eusebius, History of the Church 6, 41, If P Michigan 13, ?7C5,2,496, no CIL 6, Chronological List of Emperors Select Bibliography Index of Passas.es Cited Index and List of Ancient and Modern Geographical Equivalents 265 xn