Table of Contents
List of Figures and Maps, List of Plates, Outline of Significant Events, Preface and Acknowledgements, Prolegomenon, CHAPTER I THE MAKING OF A NEW ARISTOCRACY, CHAPTER II THE RISE OF THE ULPII, CHAPTER III IMPERIAL EXPANSION AND CRISIS, CHAPTER IV DOMITIAN’S GENERAL, NERVA’S HEIR, CHAPTER V THE NEW RULER, CHAPTER VI A PUBLIC IDEOLOGY, CHAPTER VII THE INAUGURATION OF A NEW ERA, CHAPTER VIII DACICUS, CHAPTER IX OPTIMUS PRINCEPS, CHAPTER X LAW, FINANCE AND LITERATURE, CHAPTER XI PATER PATRIAE, CHAPTER XII ‘REDACTA IN FORMAM PROVINCIAE…’, CHAPTER XIII PARTHICUS, CHAPTER XIV A PERFECT PRINCE?, APPENDIX DIO’S ACCOUNT OF THE DACIAN WARS, List of Abbreviations, Notes and References, Bibliography, Index of Personal Names, General Index
