Preliminary Material -- INTRODUCTION / / Lukas de Blois -- ABBREVIATIONS -- SPEZIALISIERUNG IN DER STAATLICHEN ADMINISTRATION DES RÖMISCHEN REICHES IN DER HOHEN KAISERZEIT /W. ECK -- CONSIDERATIONS SUR L'AVANCEMENT DANS LES CARRIERES PROCURATORIENNES EQUESTRES /S. DEMOUGIN -- ALL IN THE FAMILY: THE APPOINTMENT OF EMPERORS DESIGNATE IN THE SECOND CENTURY A.D. /OLIVIER HEKSTER -- SPECIALISATION AND PROMOTION IN THE ROMAN IMPERIAL ARMY /MICHAEL ALEXANDER SPEIDEL -- THE IMPACT OF AUXILIARY RECRUITMENT ON PROVINCIAL SOCIETIES FROM AUGUSTUS TO CARACALLA /I.P. HAYNES -- MILITES LEGIONIS IM UMFELD IHRER PROVINZ /R. HAENSCH -- JURISTS AND THE LAW IN THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE /MICHAEL PEACHIN -- MAKING A REQUEST TO THE EMPEROR: RESCRIPTS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE /Sirks A.J.B. -- ROMAN JURISTS AND THE CRISIS OF THE THIRD CENTURY A.D. IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE /LUKAS DE BLOIS -- IN RE IULIUS AGRIPPA'S ESTATE /W.J. ZWALVE -- THE IMPACT OF ROMAN LAW IN EGYPT AND THE NEAR EAST IN THE THIRD CENTURY AD: THE DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE /BERNARD H. STOLTE -- DAS FORTLEBEN DES GAIUS IM OSTRÖMISCHEN REICH /ULRICH MANTHE -- THE IMPERIAL STATE AND ITS IMPACT ON THE ROLE AND STATUS OF LOCAL MAGISTRATES AND COUNCILLORS IN THE PROVINCES OF THE EMPIRE /G.P. BURTON -- MAKING CITIZENS: THE OPERATION OF THE LEX IRNITANA /J.F. GARDNER -- ROMA COMMUNIS NOSTRA PATRIA EST? /ANDREAS KRIECKHAUS -- SOCIAL MOBILITY IN THE HISPANIC PROVINCES IN THE REPUBLICAN PERIOD /J.S. RICHARDSON -- DER AUFSTIEG LOKALER ELITEN SPANIENS IN DIE REICHSELITE /A. CABALLOS. : Impact of Empire (Organization).