Social Status and Legal Privilege in the Roman Empire

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xi INTRODUCTION 1 PART I. COURTS Introduction 13 1. The senatorial court under the Julio-Claudians 17 2. The senatorial court from the Flavians to the Severans 43 3. Emperor, governors, and delegated jurisdiction 65 Conclusion 99 PART II. THE DUAL-PENALTY SYSTEM 4. Penalties and the treatment of the accused 103 5. Hadrian and the evolution of the dual-penalty system 153 6. The legal basis of the dual-penalty system 173 PART III. THE CIVIL SUIT 7. The praetor 181 8. The judge 207 PART IV. THE HONESTIORES 9. The vocabulary of privilege 221 10. Privileged groups 234 11. Citizens and honestiores 260 12. Differences in rank and the value of legal privilege 272 Conclusion 277 BIBLIOGRAPHY 281 INDEXES 289