Rome, the Greek World, and the East, Vol. 1 - The Roman Republic and the Augustan Revolution

 Index

Classics:definitionof,;andextending
literary‘‘canon,’’–
Comitium.SeeSovereigntyoftheRoman
people:physicalmanifestationof
Concilium plebis(plebeianassembly),–
Contio(publicspeech,publicmeeting).See
Oratory,public
Curia:relativelyslightevidenceforearly
historyof,–

Deificationofemperors:prefiguration
andculminationof,inOvid’sMetamor-
phoses,–
DemocracyinRome,–,–,,
,–;absenceofrepresenta-
tiveprinciplein,,;existenceof
debateinpublicmeetings(contiones)
in,–.See alsoSovereigntyofthe
Romanpeople
Devolutionofstatefunctions:bypatron-
ageundertheRepublic,–
Digest,
Doublenegative:principleof,inevaluat-
ingevidence,,–,

Egypt:andpapyri,,
Electoralcompetitionandcanvassing,
,,–passim,–,;
andbribery(ambitus)andpublicex-
penditure,–,;ourignorance
oftechnicalitiesofvotingin,–;
roleofadvocacyin,–;andelec-
tionsvs.appointmentbylot,–.
See alsoGladiatorialshowsofferedto
thepeople;Officeandoffice-holders;
SovereigntyoftheRomanpeople
Embassies:toSenate,–,;toTri-
umvirs,–;toemperorfrom
publicprovinces,–,–
Epigraphy.SeeInscriptions
Equestrianclass:anddignitas,,;and
republicanantecedentsofimperial

‘‘civilservice’’posts,–;absenceof

socialbarrierbetween,andsenators,

–;chosenottoenterSenate,

Euergetism,,.See alsoCareers,official

Exempla:useof,inAugustanRome.See

AntiquarianisminRomeanditspoliti-

calsignificance

Factions(factiones)inRomanpolitics:as

misleadingterm,,

Fasti(lists):ofconsuls(consulares)andof

generalswhowontriumphinRome

(triumphales),–,,

Forum:functionsperformedin,–,

,,–,–;monumentaliza-

tionof,–,–;aspublicstage,

,,–,–,;imperial

monopolizationof,,–

Gelzer:Die römische Nobilität().See

‘‘Patrician-plebeiangoverningclass’’

(nobilitas);Patronageandclientagein

Rome

GenealogicalinterestinRome:assymp-

tomoftransitiontomonarchy,–.

SeeRepublicanismundertheemperors

Gens,Roman:notproventobeasignifi-

cantelementinsociety,

Gladiatorialshowsofferedtothepeople,

,,

Graeco-Romancivilization,–;

nearnessof,tomodern,–;languages

of,–,,–;physicalandliterary

remainsof,–;historicalapproaches

to,,–;moneyandcoinsof,–,

,;militaryaspectof,–;begin-

ningof,–;endof,;Jewishand

Christiantexts’placein,–.See also

Inscriptions

GreekCity:inscriptionsabout,–,

Greeklanguage:dominanceof,inEast,

;inRomaninscriptions,–.See