Figures
18.1 Gold aureus of Septimius Severus (Laetitia Temporum) issued around the time of the Ludi Saeculares (
18.2 The Hadrianic palaestra and baths at Lepcis Magna, with the Severan nymphaeum in the distance (J. Rossiter) 487
18.3 The hippodrome at Lepcis Magna with the Antonine starting gates (carceres) in the foreground (J. Rossiter) 487
18.4 Circus mosaic from Lyon showing the starting gates and presiding officials (Ursus, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons) 492
Tables
7.1 Binary oppositional pairs in elite masculinity and ethical autocracy discourses 202
12.1 Dio’s travels (214–230 CE) 331
12.2 Dio’s bandits 343
15.1 Historical authors mentioned in Dio 425