The Roman Empire

9781440838095_Vol-1 -- Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chronology -- Cities -- OVERVIEW ESSAY -- Alexandria -- Antioch -- Aquincum -- Athens -- Caesarea Maritima -- Carnuntum -- Carthage -- Colonia Agrippina -- Constantinople -- Corinth -- Ephesus -- Jerusalem -- London -- Lugdunum -- Mediolanum -- Mogontiacum -- Ostia -- Petra -- Pompeii -- Ravenna -- Rome -- Split and Salona -- Thessalonica -- Trier -- Government and Politics -- OVERVIEW ESSAY -- Aediles -- Auspices or Augury -- Bureaucracy -- Calendar -- Censor -- Circus -- Comitia -- Consilium -- Consul -- Corporations -- Curatores -- Currency Systems -- Cursus Honorum -- Dictator -- Equites -- Grain Trade -- Law Courts -- Manumission -- Pontifex Maximus -- Praeses (Roman Governors) -- Prisons -- Propaganda -- Punishment -- Roman Law -- Roman Law, Evolution of -- Senate -- Taxation -- Treason Trials -- Vestal Virgins -- Vigiles -- Groups and Organizations -- OVERVIEW ESSAY -- Alamanni and Juthungi -- Bacchus, Cult of -- Celts -- Christians -- Dacians -- Desert Tribes -- Family Names -- Freedmen -- Germanic Tribes -- Gladiators -- Huns -- Isis and Osiris, Cult of -- Jews -- Mauri -- Merchants -- Mystery Religions -- Parthians -- Persians -- Picts -- Slaves -- State Religion -- Traders -- Vandals -- Visigoths -- Individuals -- OVERVIEW ESSAY -- Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius (64-12 BCE) -- Agrippina the Elder (14 BCE-33 CE) -- Antoninus Pius (86-161 CE) -- Augustus (63 BCE-14 CE) -- Aurelian, Lucius Domitius (ca. 215-275 CE) -- Caesar, Gaius Julius (102-44 BCE) -- Caligula (12-41 CE) -- Claudius (10 BCE-54 CE) -- Cleopatra (69-30 BCE) -- Constantine (285-337 CE) -- Constantine, House of -- Diocletian (ca. 244-313 CE) -- Domitian (51-96 CE) -- Hadrian (76-138 CE)

Jesus (ca. 4 BCE-29 CE) -- Latin Fathers of the Western Church -- Livia Drusilla (58 BCE-29 CE) -- Marcus Aurelius (121-180 CE) -- Nero (37-68 CE) -- Palmyra, House of -- Sejanus, Lucius Aelius (20 BCE-31 CE) -- Severan Dynasty (193-235 CE) -- Theodosius, House of -- Tiberius (42 BCE-37 CE) -- Trajan (53-117 CE) -- Valentinian, House of -- Valerian (ca. 193-260 CE) and Gallienus (218-268 CE) -- Vespasian, Titus Flavius (9-79 CE) -- Institutions -- OVERVIEW ESSAY -- Alimenta -- Annona -- Burial Clubs -- Census -- Civitas -- Client Kings -- Colonies -- Delatores -- Diocese -- Language -- Mansio (Road System) -- Markets -- Marriage -- Mints -- Officials -- Priests -- Provinces -- Provincial Capitals -- Provincial Law -- Public Health and Sanitation -- Public Works -- Regulations, Business -- Regulations, Commercial -- Religion -- Sacrifices -- Index -- 9781440838095_Vol-2 -- Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Key Events -- OVERVIEW ESSAY -- Actium, Battle of (31 BCE) -- Adrianople, Battle of (378 CE) -- Antonine Plague -- Augustan Settlement -- Batavian (Civilis) Rebellion (69 CE) -- Boudicca Rebellion (60 or 61 CE) -- British Conquest -- Carausius Rebellion (286-293 CE) -- Council of Nicaea (325 CE) -- Dacian Wars (101-102 and 105-106 CE) -- Diocletian Persecutions (303-311 CE) -- Edict of Milan (313 CE) -- Edict of Toleration (311 CE) -- Fires -- Floods -- Jewish Rebellion, First (66-73 CE) -- Judea Provincial Disruption -- Julia Conspiracy (2 BCE) -- Milvian Bridge, Battle of the (312 CE) -- Piso Conspiracy (65 CE) -- Pre-Diocletianic Persecutions -- Price Edict (301 CE) -- Sack of Rome (410 CE) -- Teutoburg Forest, Battle of the (9 CE) -- Third-Century Political Chaos -- Third-Century Social Chaos -- Thirty Tyrants -- Vesuvius Eruption (79 CE) -- Year of the Five Emperors (193 CE)

Year of the Four Emperors (69 CE) -- Military -- OVERVIEW ESSAY -- Antonine Wall -- Auxiliaries -- Catapults -- Cavalry -- Centurions -- Cohort -- Command -- Defensive Policy -- Exploratores, Speculatores, and Frumentarii -- Hadrian's Wall -- Legion -- Legionary Camps -- Legionary Deployment -- Legionary Officers -- Limes -- Masada, Siege of (73/74 CE) -- Navy -- Order of Battle -- Praetorian Guard -- Provincial Treatment -- Recruitment and Service -- Roads and Projects -- Siege -- Tactics -- Training -- Triumph -- Uniforms -- Weapons -- Objects and Artifacts -- OVERVIEW ESSAY -- Aqueducts -- Ara Pacis -- Catacombs -- Clothing -- Coins -- Colosseum -- Gardens -- Imperial Fora -- Inscriptions -- Literature -- Machines -- Marble Quarries -- Mausoleums -- Mines -- Mosaics -- Paintings -- Palaces -- Papyri -- Ports and Harbors -- Pottery -- Sculpture -- Ships -- Theaters, Odeons, and Arenas -- Villas -- Votive Offerings -- Primary Documents -- 1. REPUBLICAN FIRE BRIGADE UNDER CRASSUS -- 2. CURSUS HONORUM -- 3. CALENDAR -- 4. JULIUS CAESAR'S FUNERAL -- 5. ROMAN PRAYER -- 6. AUGUSTUS'S FIRE BRIGADES -- 7. DISPOSITION OF FORCES UNDER AUGUSTUS -- 8. VARUS AND THE GERMAN WARS -- 9. AUGUSTUS'S LOOKS -- 10. TREASON TRIALS UNDER TIBERIUS -- 11. GERMANICUS CONQUERS THE GERMANS -- 12. THE PISO AFFAIR -- 13. THE THRACIAN WAR -- 14. PERSECUTION OF CULTS -- 15. TIBERIUS'S RELATIONS WITH AGRIPPINA -- 16. SEJANUS AND THE POWER OF THE PRAETORIAN GUARD -- 17. TIBERIUS'S DEPRAVITY -- 18. CALIGULA'S CRUELTY -- 19. FLOODING OF THE TIBER RIVER -- 20. NEW TAXES -- 21. LEGAL COURTS -- 22. CLAUDIUS'S PUBLIC WORKS -- 23. THE GRAIN SUPPLY -- 24. FOREIGN RELATIONS -- 25. GAMES -- 26. NERO'S PUNISHMENT OF CHRISTIANS -- 27. WARS IN BRITAIN -- 28. FIRES IN ROME -- 29. NERO'S PRIVATE HOUSE -- 30. NERO'S SINGING -- 31. PRAETORIAN GUARD -- 32. CIVILIS REBELLION -- 33. URINE TAX

34. SIEGE OF JERUSALEM -- 35. SIEGE OF MASADA -- 36. ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS -- 37. DOMITIAN AS A GOD -- 38. A FEMALE GLADIATOR -- 39. EDICT OF TOLERATION -- 40. CONSTANTINE AND THE CHI-RHO -- 41. EDICT OF MILAN -- 42. BATTLE OF ADRIANOPLE -- 43. CITY OF ALEXANDRIA -- 44. CITY OF JERUSALEM -- Selected Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index