Politics and Society in Imperial Rome

Part I: Paradoxical Structures:

2. "State," "Society," and Political Integration.

3. Friendship and Patron–Client Relations.

4. "Public" and "Private".

Part II: Two Cases in Point:

5. A Court without "State." The aula Caesaris.

6. Meaningful Madness. The Emperor Caligula.

Part III: Academic Approaches:

7. Theodor Mommsen’s Theory of "Dyarchia".

8. Christian Meier’s "Crisis without Alternative" in Ancient Rome.

Editorial Note.

Index.