The Augustan Empire 43 BC

THE CAMBRIDGE ANCIENT HISTORY

VOLUME X

THE CAMBRIDGE ANCIENT HISTORY

SECOND EDITION

VOLUME X

The Augustan Empire, 43 B.C.—a.d. 69

edited by ALAN K. BOWMAN

Student of Christ Church, Oxford

EDWARD CHAMPLIN

Professor of Classics, Princeton University

ANDREW LINTOTT

Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History, Worcester College, Oxford

Cambridge

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CONTENTS

'List of maps page xiv

List of text-figures xv

List of tables xv

List of stemmata xv

Preface xix

PART I NARRATIVE

The triumviral period i by Christopher pelling, Fellow andPraelector in

Classics, University College, Oxford

I The triumvirate i

II Philippi, 42 b.c. 5

The East, 42—40 в.с. 9

Perusia, 41-40 в.с. 14 V Brundisium and Misenum, 40-39 b.c. 17

VI The East, 39-37 в.с. zi

VII Tarentum, 37 в.с. 24

VIII The year 36 в.с. 27

IX 35—33 в.с. 36

X Preparation: 3 2 B.C. 48

XI Actium, 31 в.с. 54

XII Alexandria, 30 в.с. 59

XIII Retrospect 65

Endnote: Constitutional questions 67

Political history, 30 в.с. to a.d. 14 70 by j. a. crook, Fellow of St John's College, and Emeritus Professor of Ancient History in the University of Cambridge

I Introduction 70

II 30-17 в.с. 73

III 16 b.c.—a.d. 14 94Augustus: power, authority, achievement 113 by j.a. crook

I Power 113

II Authority 117

III Achievement 123

The expansion of the empire under Augustus 147 by erich s. gruen, Professor of History and Classics,

University of California, Berkeley

Egypt, Ethiopia and Arabia 148 II Asia Minor 151

Judaea and Syria 154

Armenia and Parthia 15 8

Spain 163 VI Africa 166

VII The Alps 169

VIII The Balkans 171

IX Germany 178

X Imperial ideology 188

XI Conclusion 194

Tiberius to Nero 198 by т. e.j. Wiedemann, Reader in the History of the Roman Empire, University of Bristol

I The accession of Tiberius and the nature of politics

under the Julio-Claudians 198

II The reign of Tiberius 209

Gaius Caligula 221

Claudius 229

Nero 241

From Nero to Vespasian 2 5 6 by t.e.j. wiedemann

I A.D. 68 256

II A.d. 69—70 265

PART II THE GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE EMPIRE

The imperial court 283 by andrew wallace-hadrill, Professor of Classics at

the University of Reading

I Introduction 283

Access and ritual: court society 285

Patronage, power and government 296

Conclusion 306

The Imperial finances 309 by d. w. rath bone, Reader in Ancient History, King's

College London

The Senate and senatorial and equestrian posts 3 24 by Richard j.a. talbert, William Rand Kenan, Jr,

Professor of History, and Adjunct Professor of Classics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

I The Senate 324

II Senatorial and equestrian posts 357

Provincial administration and taxation 344

by ALAN K. BOWMAN

I Rome, the emperor and the provinces 344

II Structure 351

Function 357

Conclusion 367

The army and the navy ■ 371 by lawrence keppie, Reader in Roman Archaeology, Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow

I The army of the late Republic 371

II The army in the civil wars, 49-30 b.c. 373

The army and navy of Augustus 3 76

Army and navy under the Julio-Claudians 387 V The Roman army in a.d. 70 393

The administration of justice 397 by h. galsterer, Professor of Ancient History at the

Rheinische Friedrich- Wtlhelms- Universitdt, Bonn

PART III ITALY AND THE PROVINCES

The West 414

13a Italy and Rome from Sulla to Augustus 414