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Diplomats and Diplomacy in the Roman World Mnemosyne Supplements History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity Edited by Susan E. Alcock, Brown University Thomas Harrison, Liverpool Willem M. Jongman, Groningen H.S. Versnel, Leiden VOLUME 304 Diplomats and Diplomacy in the Roman World Edited by Claude Eilers LEIDEN • BOSTON 2009 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Diplomats and diplomacy in the Roman world / edited by Claude Eilers. p. cm. — (Mnemosyne. Supplements ; v. 304) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-90-04-17098-8 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Rome—Foreign relations. 2. Diplomats—Rome—History. 3. Rome—History. I. Eilers, Claude. II. Title. DG214.5.D56 2008 327.0937—dc22 2008047449 ISSN 0169-8958 ISBN 978 90 04 17098 8 Copyright 2009 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and VSP. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. printed in the netherlands CONTENTS Acknowledgments ..................................................... vii ListofAbbreviations................................................... ix Introduction............................................................ 1 ClaudeEilers RomanPerspectivesonGreekDiplomacy ........................... 15 SheilaL.Ager Public Opinion,ForeignPolicyand‘JustWar’intheLate Republic............................................................. 45 Alexander Yakobson Rome,KinshipandDiplomacy....................................... 73 FilippoBattistoni DiplomacyandIdentityamongJewsandChristians ................ 99 James B.Rives AftertheEmbassytoRome:PublicationandImplementation......127 Jean-LouisFerrary DiplomacyinItalyintheSecondCenturyBC ......................143 MartinJehne EmbassiesGoneWrong:RomanDiplomacyintheConstantinian ExcerptadeLegationibus ...............................................171 T.CoreyBrennan DiplomacyasPartoftheAdministrative ProcessintheRoman Empire ..............................................................193 WernerEck NotOfficial,butPermanent:RomanPresenceinAlliedStates— TheExamplesofChersonesusTaurica, theBosporan Kingdom andSumatarHarabesi ..................................209 RudolfHaensch vi contents Maps ...................................................................227 Map1.#Arab........................................................227 Map2.Sumatar ....................................................228 Map3.Pognon’sCave..............................................229 Bibliography ...........................................................231 Index ...................................................................249 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ThefollowingvolumeistheresultoftheSixthE.TogoSalmonConfer- ence, which was held in Hamilton in September 2004. This conference was made possible through the generosity of the E. Togo Salmon Fund of McMaster University, and this support is gratefully acknowledged, as is that of the University, the Faculty of Humanities, and the Depart- mentofClassics.Mrs.CarmenCamilleriprovidedindispensiblehelpin the organization of the conference. Finally, the editor wishes to thank thecontributorsfortheircooperationandpatience. LISTOFABBREVIATIONS AE L’annéeépigraphique.(Paris,1888–). AphrodisiasandRome Reynolds,J.M.AphrodisiasandRome:Documentsfrom theExcavationoftheTheatreatAphrodisiasconducted byProfessorKenanT.Erim,togetherwithsomerelated texts(JournalofRomanStudiesmonographs,no.1: London,1982). BE Bulletinépigraphique(Paris). BGU ÄgyptischeUrkundenausdenStaatlichenMuseenBerlin. GriechischeUrkunden(Berlin,1895–1907). CAH2 TheCambridgeAncientHistory,2nded.(14vols.; Cambridge,NewYork,1970–2005) CID CorpusdesInscriptionsdeDelphes(Paris,1977–). CIG CorpusInscriptionumGraecarum(Berlin,1828–1877) CIL CorpusInscriptionumLatinarum(Berlin,1863–). CIRB Struve,V.V.CorpusInscriptionumregniBosporani (MoscowandLeningrad,1965). Diz.Epigr. deRuggiero,E.Dizionarioepigraficodiantichitàromana (1886–). FGrHist Jacoby,F.FragmentedergriechischenHistoriker (Leiden, 1923–). FHG Müller,C.FragmentaHistoricorumGraecorum(Paris, 1841–1870) FIRA Riccobono,S.,etal.,eds.Fontesiurisromaniantejustini- ani (2nded.;Florence,1940–1943). I.Cret. Guarducci,M.InscriptionesCreticae(Rome,1935–1950). I.Didyma Rehm,Albert.Didyma,ii:DieInschriften(Berlin,1958). I.Eph. Wankel,H.,et.al.,eds.DieInschriftenvonEphesos. (InschriftengriechischerStädteausKleinasien,11–17; Bonn,1979–1984.) IG InscriptionesGraecae(Berlin,1903–). IGLS InscriptionsgrecquesetlatinesdelaSyrie(BeirutandParis, 1929–). IGR Cagnat,R.InscriptionesGraecaeadResRomanas Pertinentes(Paris,1906–1927) I.Lampsakos Frisch,P.DieInschriftenvonLampsakos(Inschriften griechischerStädteausKleinasien,6;Bonn,1978). IAM Euzennat,M.,andMarion,J.Inscriptionsantiquesdu Maroc,ii:Inscriptionslatines(Paris,1982). ILS Dessau,H.InscriptionesLatinaeSelectae(Berlin,1892– 1916).

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