The Praetorship in the Roman Republic Volume 2: 122 to 49 BC

by Brennan, T. Corey

• ISBN13: 9780195114607
• ISBN10: 0195114604
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-21
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Brennan's book surveys the history of the Roman praetorship, which was one of the most enduring Roman political institutions, occupying the practical center of Roman Republican administrative life for over three centuries. The study addresses political, social, military and legal history, as well as Roman religion. Volume I begins with a survey of Roman (and modern) views on the development of legitimate power--from the kings, through the early chief magistrates, and down through the creation and early years of the praetorship. Volume II discusses how the introduction in 122 of C. Gracchus' provincia repetundarum pushed the old city-state system to its functional limits.

Table of Contents

General Developments in the Praetorship, 122-82	357	(31)
Roman Cilicia: Formation and Early Commands	357	(2)
The Gauls in the Period before Sulla	359	(5)
Non-Annexations in the Period before Sulla	364	(1)
Quaestiones Perpetuae down to 81	365	(6)
Special Praetorian Provinciae outside Rome	371	(13)
Special Provinciae in the City of Rome	384	(4)
General Developments in the Praetorship, 81-50	388	(53)
The Sullan Reforms	388	(16)
Bithynia/Pontus	404	(2)
Crete	406	(2)
Cyrene	408	(2)
Syria	410	(4)
Resistance to the Annexation of Egypt	414	(2)
Standing Quaestiones in the Post-Sullan Period	416	(8)
Special Praetorian Provinciae outside Rome, 81-50	424	(11)
Special Provinciae in the City	435	(6)
The City Praetorships, 122-50	441	(35)
The Provincia Urbana	441	(12)
Other City Provinciae, 122-50	453	(6)
Interrelationship of the City Provinciae	459	(6)
Nonlegal Tasks of the Various City Praetors	465	(11)
Sicily, Sardinia, and the Spains, 122-50	476	(45)
Pre-Sullan Sicily and Sardinia	476	(6)
Sicily and Sardinia in the Post-Sullan Period	482	(16)
Pre-Sullan Spain	498	(5)
Spain in the Period after Sulla	503	(18)
Macedonia, Africa, and Asia, 122-50	521	(50)
Macedonia in the Pre-Sullan Period	521	(7)
Macedonia in the Post-Sullan Period	528	(11)
Africa in the Pre-Sullan Period	539	(5)
Commanders for Africa in the Late Republic	544	(2)
Asia in the Pre-Sullan Period	546	(11)
Asia in the Post-Sullan Period	557	(14)
Cilicia and the Gauls in the Late Republic	571	(26)
Roman Cilicia in the Late Republic	571	(3)
The Gauls in the Post-Sullan Period	574	(9)
The Staffing of the Praetorian Provinciae after 122	583	(14)
Conclusions	597	(43)
Additional Notes	640	(39)
Appendix A. Table of Commands in Some Important Territorial Provinciae, 219-50	679	(44)
Appendix B. Fasti Praetorii	723	(42)
Notes to Volume II	765	(168)
Select Bibliography	933	(10)
Select Index of Roman Names	943	(19)
General Index	962