Index
withpost-AugustanVelleiusPaterculus,
–;as‘‘rejectedloyalist,’’–
passim;declinessenatorialcareer,
,.See alsoAugustanideology;
Deificationofemperors
Palestine.SeeJudaeaandJudaism
Papyri,–,.See alsoEgypt;NearEast
‘‘Patrician-plebeiangoverningclass’’(nobi-
litas):shortcomingsofconceptof,
–,–,,–,–.See
alsoPatronageandclientageinRome
Patricians,–,,
PatronageandclientageinRome:asmod-
ernconstruct,,,–,,
–,–,;asirrelevantfor
historyofLatinliterature,–,
;andimperialpatronge,.See
alsoDevolutionofstatefunctions;
Monarchicalformsofgovernment,
emergenceof—intercessionswiththe
ruler
Petitionsandpetitioning.SeeMonarchical
formsofgovernment,emergenceof
Politicalneutralityandquietism:asnew
civilideology:–,–,–
Politics,Roman:andindividualisticchar-
acterofthepolitician,–,–;
asnotwithoutideologicalcontent,
–
Polybius’interpretationoftheRoman
Republic,xiii–xv,–,,–,
Privateduty(officium)replacingpub-
licduty.SeePoliticalneutralityand
quietism
Proconsuls(governorsofpublicprov-
inces),–,–;receivemandata
fromemperors,,,;corre-
spondwithemperors,–;chosen
bylot,;overshadowedbyem-
peror,–.SeealsoLegati Augusti pro
praetore;Provinces;Publicprovinces
Prosopography,imperialandrepublican,
–,–;andcriticismofabuse,
–,–,,,
Provinces,divisionof,inB.C.:ancient
sourcesconcerning,–,,–
;andmodificationsinB.C.,;
andstandardviewofimplicationsof
modifications,–;hadonlyformal
andpracticalconsequences(nodivision
inresponsibility),–,,–,
,;untenabilityofstandardview
of,–passim,–;wronglyin-
terpretedascompromisewithSenate
ratherthanwithpeople,.See also
Administration,Roman;Legati Augusti
pro praetore;mandata;Proconsuls;Public
provinces
PublicexpenditureinrepublicanRome.
SeeElectoralcompetitionandcan-
vassing;Officeandoffice-holders;
Self-representationofindividualsin
public
Publicprovinces:routinelysubjectedto
regulationsmadebyemperors,–
,–;misnamed‘‘senatorial,’’
,–passim.See alsoEmbassies;
Proconsuls;Provinces;Senate,imperial
PublicspaceinRome:monumentalised,
transformed,andmonopolizedbyem-
perors,–,,,–.See also
Forum
Republicanismunderemperors:crystal-
lized,–;andimmortalizedin
stoneinAugustus’Forum,–,;
immortalizedinrestorationoftemples,
–;usedasframeworktodebate
thepresent,.See alsoSovereignty
oftheRomanpeople:recognisedand
emphasisedunderthemonarchy
‘‘RestorationoftheRepublic’’:didnottake
placeinB.C.,–;notattested
orimpliedincontemporarysources,