The papers collected in this volume were originally presented at two conferences, organised by Kaj Sandberg and Christopher Smith at the Institutum Romanum Finlandiae and the British School at Rome in 2009 and 2013. We are grateful to both institutions for their support as well as to the Institutum Romanum Finlandiae Foundation and the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Fund for additional funding.
We owe a debt of gratitude to several people who have assisted us in the preparation of this volume. Steven Cruikshank (John Cabot University) made an early contribution to bringing the chapters together, and Jasmin Lukkari (University of Helsinki) helped us with the preparation of the index and with the proofreading. Moreover, we are very grateful for advice and support from Martin Jehne, Kai Brodersen, and the anonymous readers who provided most valuable suggestions. Finally, we thank Carsten Hjort Lange and Jesper Majbom Madsen for welcoming us into their series, Historiography of Rome and Its Empire.