Roman Freedmen in the Late Republic

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 4
Preface......Page 5
Bibliography......Page 7
Abbreviations......Page 9
(i) The Origins of Freedmen......Page 11
(ii) Motives for Manumission......Page 21
(iii) Forms of Manumission......Page 30
(iv) Numbers of Freedmen......Page 41
(i) Libertini in Public Law......Page 47
(ii) The Legal Position of Libertini in Relation to their Patrons......Page 78
(iii) The Legal Position of Freedmen in relation to Ingenuis other than their Patrons......Page 91
III Careers......Page 97
(i) Trade and Industry......Page 101
(ii) Agriculture......Page 116
(iii) The Learned Professions and Fine Arts......Page 120
(iv) Private Service......Page 152
(v) The Public Service......Page 163
Conclusions......Page 170
(i) The Ordo Libertinus......Page 172
(ii) The Collegia......Page 178
(iii) Liberti as Political Agents......Page 187
Conclusions......Page 203
(i) The State Religion......Page 204
(ii) Other Religious Collegia......Page 210
(iii) Foreign Cults......Page 214
Conclusions......Page 217
(i) The Family......Page 218
(ii) Social Relationships......Page 225
Conclusions......Page 237
VII The Sons of Freedmen......Page 239
Conclusions......Page 245
VIII Conclusions......Page 247
1 Freedmen whose Origin is Attested......Page 256
2 Nomenclature of Freedmen......Page 260
3 The Freedmen of M Cicero......Page 262
4 The Application of the word 'servus' to a Freedman......Page 275
5 Lutatius Paccius......Page 277
6 Tigellius and Phamea......Page 279
7 Sarmentus......Page 281
8 The Position of Freedmen in the Italian Communities which had not obtained the Roman Franchise......Page 283
Bibliography......Page 284
Index I General Index......Page 291
Index II Freedmen and Probable Freedmen......Page 298