Rome, the Greek World, and the East, Vol. 2 - Government, Society, and Culture in the Roman Empire
6 The Imperial Government decree,madetheiraccusation,’’^17 hemeansjustthat.InoneoftheAlexan- drianreportsofproceedingswefindanem ...
Emperors at Work 7 hisreferencetothemanwhohadcomefromhispatriatoasktheEmperor fortheprivilegesgrantedtoparentsofthreechildren—‘‘ ...
8 The Imperial Government aviolentexpressionofrage.^33 Theaccountsoftheeventsleadinguptothe murderofCaracallagivefurtherevidence ...
Emperors at Work 9 inthemorning‘‘afterreadinghislettersandthereportsofalltheofficials,he admittedhisfriends.’’^41 Sowiththetwole ...
10 The Imperial Government urbanprefect(praefectus urbi):‘‘Tohim,however,Tiberiuswrotemuchwith his own hand; that which he thoug ...
Emperors at Work 11 iscertainlynoroominthestoryfora‘‘bureau,’’headedbyafreedman,by whichthedocumentswereproduced. A considerable ...
12 The Imperial Government prisemaybelessenedwhenitisrealizedthatthesubscriptio(orrescriptum)very often consisted of the address ...
Emperors at Work 13 hourshealwaysdevotedtosubscribingandreadingletters,whiletheoffi- cials in charge of the correspondence [ab e ...
14 The Imperial Government alsobyTrajan’sletterstotheSenate,fortheyweresubscribed,notbyhim, butbyPlotina,althoughshehadnotdoneth ...
Emperors at Work 15 We might say that this pattern of evidence just reflects the interests of oursources.Butthekeytothesituation ...
16 The Imperial Government ofthecorrespondencepassingthroughtheab epistulis’hands,anddoesnot illuminatehispreciserole,oritsrelat ...
Emperors at Work 17 lawcourtaGreekandanAtticstyle’’hecontinues,‘‘FortheRomanemper- ors,deemingyouworthyofthegreatestthings,laidu ...
18 The Imperial Government mustdry.’’Suetonius,however,saysthatPolybiuswasa studiis,^102 andnone oftheotherreferencestohimmentio ...
Emperors at Work 19 onlyconcreteevidencewehave.Itisnoteworthy,however,thatinthesec- ondandthirdcenturiesthepostwasoftenheldbyjur ...
20 The Imperial Government fectswhentheyweregivingjudgementandtooktheminutesofthecases which he introduced in virtue of his posi ...
Emperors at Work 21 AristidespraisesthegrammarianAlexanderofCotiecum,teacherofthechil- drenofMarcusAurelius,forusinghispositiont ...
22 The Imperial Government thisisinfactinaccurate,forTacituscommentsthatNeroonhisaccessionwas thefirstemperortoneed‘‘borrowedelo ...
chaptertwo Trajan: Government by Correspondence * Introduction OnewayinwhichitmightbeusefultothinkabouttheRomanEmpireisto usethe ...
24 The Imperial Government newcoins(orthere-mintingofoldcoins),towhichsomuchattentionhas beendevoted,isoneaspectofthisempire-wid ...
Trajan 25 turies shows that the Empire also did not have at its disposal an organised transportsystemforofficialtravellersormess ...
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