Holders of Extraordinary Imperium Under Augustus and Tiberius : A Study Into the Beginnings of the Principate

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. 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 inter Cover 1 Half Title 2 Series Page 3 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Dedication Page 6 Contents 8 List of figures and tables 10 Acknowledgements 11 Abbreviations 12 Introduction 16 1 The legal foundations of the power held by members of the domus Augusta within the provinces 23 1.1 Terminological remarks 23 1.2 Extraordinary commands during the Republic 25 1.3 The nature and scope of the imperia held by members of the domus Augusta 29 1.4 The procedure for conferring imperium on members of the imperial family 47 1.5 The nature of the imperia of provincial governors 49 1.6 The legal standing of members of the reigning dynasty and the position of provincial governors 52 1.7 The imperia of members of the domus Augusta and the emperor’s imperium 53 1.8 The extra-legal aspects of the special position of members of the imperial family in the provinces 55 2 Missions of members of the domus Augusta in the western provinces of the Roman Empire 67 2.1 Spain 69 2.2 Gaul 70 2.3 Germania 71 2.4 The Danubian areas (Pannonia, Dalmatia, and Dacia) 84 3 The missions of members of the domus Augusta in the East 95 3.1 Agrippa’s first mission (23–22 bc) 95 3.2 Agrippa’s second mission (17/16–13 bc) 97 3.3 Gaius Caesar’s expedition (2/1 bc– ad 4) 100 3.4 Germanicus’s mission (ad 17–19) 103 4 Honours accorded to members of the domus Augusta 109 4.1 Imperatorial acclamations 109 4.2 Triumphs and ovations 112 4.3 Triumphal and honorific arches 120 Conclusion 140 Appendix 1: The imperia of members of the domus Augusta 146 Appendix 2: Missions of members of the imperial family in the provinces 149 Appendix 3: Imperatorial acclamations of members of the domus Augusta 151 Appendix 4: Triumphs and ovations of members of the domus Augusta 152 Bibliography 153 Index of persons 163 Index of peoples and places 165 domus,Augusta;,Roman,Empire;,Triumphs;,Imperatorial,acclamations domus Augusta,Roman Empire,Triumphs,Imperatorial acclamations "This volume focuses on special military and diplomatic missions in various provinces of the Empire that Augustus and Tiberius entrusted in to selected members of the domus Augusta, granting them special prerogatives (imperia extraordinaria). Sawiński compares and analyzes 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 which 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"-- Provided by publisher