Index
alsoAsoka;ChristianityandGraeco-
Romanculture;Inscriptions;Koine;
Septuagint
Historyandhistoriography.SeeMethodof
inquiry
ImpactofRomanrule:anddirectionof
tradeandvaluables,–;limited,
,;notfeltonlywheredirectrule
existed,–
Imperialcult:asorganizednoveltyona
scalepreviouslyunknown,–;and
emphasisonimperialfamily,–.
See alsoDeificationofemperors
Imperialepigraphy,–,–;elabo-
ratepublicdisplayasmemoralisation
inbothvisualandwrittenformsof,
–,–,–;expressingthe
officialversionofevents,–
Imperialism,Roman:determinedbythe
politicalsystem,–;fromthepoint
ofviewofthepeople,–
Imperialletters,–;ofappointment
(codicilli),–;assourceofimperial
history,;asalmostalwayswrittenin
responsetoinitiativefrombelow,
Imperialprovinces:tributefrom,didnot
belongtoemperor,,.Seealso
Legati Augusti pro praetore;Provinces;
Publicprovinces
Inscriptions,,–,,–passim;as
distinctivefeatureofGraeco-Roman
civilization,,–,;corpora
andcollectionsof,–,,,;
geopgraphicalextension,–;aslit-
erarytexts,–,–;honorific,
,,–,.See alsoProsopogra-
phy;Careers,official
—Latin,–,–;limitationsand
partialityof,,–,;Semitic,
–;multilingualismof,illserved
incollections,–;linguisticaspect
of,;andrepublicanlaws,–;vs.
the‘‘text’’ofthe‘‘inscription,’’–.
See alsoDoublenegative;GreekCity;
Imperialepigraphy;Imperialletters
Italianconfederation:asmisnomer,.
See alsoItaly
Italy:republicanhistoryof,,–;
languages,–;Greekinfluencein,
–;andinscriptions,;Rome
andtheItaliancommunities,–;
Romancitizenship,–,–;
absenceof,inCambridge Ancient His-
toryIX^2 ,–;lackofdistinction
between,andprovinces,–
Josephus,,
JudaeaandJudaism,–,;languages
of,
Koine(commonGreeklanguageofpost-
Alexanderperiod),
Latin,language,literatureandcultureof,
–,–,,–,;inWest,
–;LatinBible,
Legati Augusti pro praetore(governorsin
imperialprovinces),;formallydis-
tinguishedfromproconsuls,–,
;exercised,likeproconsuls,full
imperiuminprovinces,,;ini-
tiatecorrespondencewithemperors,
–,;appointedbyimperial
patronage,
Legislation.SeeSovereigntyoftheRoman
people
LiviaAugusta.SeeMonarchicalformsof
government,emergenceof—imperial
household
Magistrates.SeeOffice-holders
Mandata:issuedbyemperorstobothlegati