The Roman Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia

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The Roman Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia, Volume 1
	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
The Roman Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia, Volume 2
	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