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Cover 1 The Emperor of Law: The Emergence of Roman Imperial Adjudication 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Preface 8 Contents 12 List of Illustrations 14 Introduction 16 Sovereign Rule and Adjudication 27 NARRATIVES AND HISTORY 31 OUTLINE 33 1: Caesar, Cicero, and the Models of Legal Autocracy 36 Introduction 36 The Clemency of Caesar 40 The Nature of Caesar ́s Jurisdiction in pro Ligario 58 Hellenistic King or Republican Magistrate? 66 Petitions and Gifts as Models for Adjudication 74 Conclusions 81 2: Augustus as Judge and the Relegation of Ovid 83 Introduction 83 The Relegation of Ovid 89 The Many Faces of Augustus as Judge 96 Ideological Construction for an Imperial Legal Role: Livy and Augustus ́ Res gestae 108 Conflicting Narratives of Jurisdiction 120 Conclusions 138 3: Divine or Insane: Emperors as Judges from Tiberius to Trajan 141 Introduction 141 Seneca and the Omnipotent Emperor 144 Dealing with the Crazy: Early Imperial Jurisdiction 158 Defining Imperial Powers: lex de imperio Vespasiani 184 Tacitus and Tiberius as Judge 192 Pliny and the optimus princeps 199 Conclusions 207 4: Hadrian as the Ideal Judge 211 Introduction 211 Aelius Aristides and the Letters of the Emperor 214

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Tuori, Kaius;

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