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BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO THE ANCIENT WORLD

A COMPANION TO

THE ROMAN

EMPIRE

EDITED BY DAVID S. POTTER

A COMPANION

TO THE

ROMAN EMPIRE

BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO THE ANCIENT WORLD

This series provides sophisticated and authoritative overviews of periods of ancient history, genres of

classical literature, and the most important themes in ancient culture. Each volume comprises between

twenty-five and forty concise essays written by individual scholars within their area of specialization. The

essays are written in a clear, provocative, and lively manner, designed for an international audience of

scholars, students, and general readers.

A NCIENT H ISTORY

Published

A Companion to the Roman Republic

Edited by Nathan Rosenstein and Robert Morstein-

Marx

A Companion to the Roman Empire

Edited by David S. Potter

A Companion to the Classical Greek World

Edited by Konrad H. Kinzl

A Companion to the Ancient Near East

Edited by Daniel C. Snell

A Companion to the Hellenistic World

Edited by Andrew Erskine

L ITERATURE AND C ULTURE

Published

A Companion to Ancient Epic

Edited by John Miles Foley

A Companion to Greek Tragedy

Edited by Justina Gregory

A Companion to Latin Literature

Edited by Stephen Harrison

In preparation

A Companion to Classical Mythology

Edited by Ken Dowden and Niall Livingstone

A Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography

Edited by John Marincola

A Companion to Greek Religion

Edited by Daniel Ogden

A Companion to Greek Rhetoric

Edited by Ian Worthington

A Companion to Roman Rhetoric

Edited by William Dominik and Jon Hall

A Companion to Classical Tradition

Edited by Craig Kallendorf

A Companion to Roman Religion

Edited by J¨rg Ru¨pke

A Companion to Ovid

Edited by Peter Knox

A Companion to Catullus

Edited by Marilyn Skinner

In preparation

A Companion to Ancient History

Edited by Andrew Erskine

A Companion to the Archaic Greek World

Edited by Kurt A. Raaflaub and Hans van

Wees

A Companion to Julius Caesar

Edited by Miriam Griffin

A Companion to the Roman Army

Edited by Paul Erdkamp

A Companion to Byzantium

Edited by Elizabeth James

A Companion to Late Antiquity

Edited by Philip Rousseau

A COMPANION

TO THE

ROMAN EMPIRE

Edited by

David S. Potter

2006 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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First published 2006 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

1 2006

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

A companion to the Roman Empire / edited by David Potter.

p. cm. — (Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-631-22644-4 (hard cover : alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 0-631-22644-3 (hard cover : alk. paper) 1. Rome—History—Empire, 30 B.C. –476 A.D. 2.

Rome—History—Empire, 30 B.C. –476 A.D.—Sources. 3. Rome—Civilization. I. Potter, D. S. (David

Stone), 1957– II. Series.

DG311.P68 2006

937 ’ .06–dc22

2005015454

A catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.

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