1st Edition

Holders of Extraordinary imperium under Augustus and Tiberius A Study into the Beginnings of the Principate

By Paweł Sawiński Copyright 2021
166 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

166 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

166 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This volume focuses on special military and diplomatic missions in various provinces of the Empire that Augustus and Tiberius entrusted to selected members of the domus Augusta , granting them special prerogatives ( imperia extraordinaria ). Sawiński compares and analyses various primary and secondary sources exploring special powers and missions in the provinces of the domus Augusta during... Read more

List of figures and tables

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. The legal foundations of the power held by members of the domus Augusta within the provinces

2. Missions of members of the domus Augusta in the western provinces of the Roman Empire

3. The missions of members of the domus Augusta in the East

4. Honours accorded to members of the domus Augusta

Conclusion

Appendix 1: The imperia of members of the domus Augusta

Appendix 2: Missions by members of the imperial family in the provinces

Appendix 3: The imperatorial acclamations of members of the domus Augusta

Appendix 4: Triumphs and ovations of members of the domus Augusta

Bibliography

Index of persons

Index of peoples and places

Biography

Paweł Sawiński is Associate Professor at the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań, Poland. His scholarly books and articles deal with various aspects of the history of ancient Rome. He is the author of, among other books, The Succession of Imperial Power under the Julio-Claudian Dynasty (30 BC–AD 68), published in 2018.