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

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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 the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, from 27 BC to AD 23, from border regions on the Rhine and the Danube to client states such as Judaea and Armenia. It explores the legal aspects of these powers wielded in the provinces and how these missions and the subsequent honours helped to solidify power within a new hereditary system of power. The reader will also find in it a critical discussion of the current state of research on this subject. Holders of Extraordinary Imperium under Augustus and Tiberius offers an important study of these powers and prerogatives of the imperial family that will be of interest to anyone working on the Augustan age, the early Empire and Principate, and the Roman imperial family. This volume should also prove useful to students of archaeology and art history. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Contents 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 1.1 Terminological remarks 1.2 Extraordinary commands during the Republic 1.3 The nature and scope of the imperia held by members of the domus Augusta 1.4 The procedure for conferring imperium on members of the imperial family 1.5 The nature of the imperia of provincial governors 1.6 The legal standing of members of the reigning dynasty and the position of provincial governors 1.7 The imperia of members of the domus Augusta and the emperor’s imperium 1.8 The extra-legal aspects of the special position of members of the imperial family in the provinces 2 Missions of members of the domus Augusta in the western provinces of the Roman Empire 2.1 Spain 2.2 Gaul 2.3 Germania 2.4 The Danubian areas (Pannonia, Dalmatia, and Dacia) 3 The missions of members of the domus Augusta in the East 3.1 Agrippa’s first mission (23–22 bc) 3.2 Agrippa’s second mission (17/16–13 bc) 3.3 Gaius Caesar’s expedition (2/1 bc– ad 4) 3.4 Germanicus’s mission (ad 17–19) 4 Honours accorded to members of the domus Augusta 4.1 Imperatorial acclamations 4.2 Triumphs and ovations 4.3 Triumphal and honorific arches Conclusion Appendix 1: The imperia of members of the domus Augusta Appendix 2: Missions of members of the imperial family in the provinces Appendix 3: 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