Freedmen in the Early Roman Empire

Title page......Page 1
Preface......Page 2
Contents......Page 4
1. The Slave Market......Page 6
2. Manumission......Page 12
3. Legal Relations between Patron and Freedman......Page 24
4. Social Status of Freedmen......Page 31
5. Grades of Freedmen......Page 42
6. Freedmen in Private Life......Page 50
7. Freedmen in Public Life......Page 70
8. Imperial Freedmen......Page 77
9. Imperial Policy Towards Freedmen and their Influence on Society......Page 99
Appendix 1: Date of the Lex Junia......Page 111
Appendix 2: The ius anuli auri......Page 113
Appendix 3: The Imperial Civil Service......Page 116
Appendix 4: Biography of Ancient Sources and Modern Authorities......Page 120
Appendix 5: Freedmen in the Gnomon of the Idios Logos......Page 122
Plates......Page 124
Index......Page 130
Addenda vel Corrigenda 1958......Page 138