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Pompey, Cato, and the Governance of the Roman Empire
Copyright
Preface
Contents
List of abbreviations
Note on the texts
Introduction
Pompey, Cato, and provincial reform
What was Good Government?
Philosophy and Roman imperialism
Provincial Reform Before 70
Sources and Scholarship
Overview
1: Pompey and the reforms of 70
Pompey´s programme
Pompey, Cicero, and the prosecution of Verres
The Verrines and the courts
Verres´ trial and judicial reform
The censorship
Verres´ show trial
Exempla in the Verrines
Pompey´s refusal of a province
Pompey´s programme and the tribunes of 67
2: Pompey in the east
Pro Lege Manilia
The pirate war
The settlement of the pirates
The Mithridatic war
Pompey´s virtues
Pompey´s triumph
Profits of empire
Pompey and the publicani
Pompey´s personal profits
Pompey and philosophy
Pompey´s patria
Conclusions
3: Cato, Stoicism, and the provinces
Stoicism and just empire
Cato the practising Stoic
Cato in his own words
Distinctively Stoic elements
Cato in Cyprus
The Cyprus mission as exemplum
Cato´s friends, Ptolemy, and corruption
Conclusions
4: The last lex repetundarum
The development of the lex repetundarum
The lex Julia de pecuniis repetundis
The lex Julia and maiestas
Capital penalties
A perfect law?
The political and policy context of the lex Julia
Pompey and the trials of 59
Cato and the lex Julia
Conclusions
5: The equites and the extortion law
The trial of Rabirius Postumus
The date of Pompey´s relatio
The date of Rabirius´ trial
Cato and the trial of Rabirius Postumus
Conclusions
6: Metus Parthicus
Disowning Crassus´ campaign
Pompey and Parthia
C. Cassius in Syria
The Parthian threat, 51-50
Bibulus in Syria
Bibulus´ supplicatio
The senatus consultum de provinciis of 53
7: The lex Pompeia de provinciis
Pompey and Cato in 52
Pompey, Cato, and the politics of Milo´s trial
Cato´s consular campaign
Pompey´s legislation
The lex Pompeia de provinciis
The interval under the law
The senate´s control over provincial appointments
The duration of commands
Sortition
The appointments for 51
8: Cato´s policy
Cato´s policy in practice, 51-50
Cicero in Cilicia
Bibulus in Syria
Thermus in Asia
The other governors
Setting an example
Stoic maiestas and true glory
The utilitas of glory
Conclusions
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index of quoted passages
General index