Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; List of figures; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Chapter 1 Freed Slaves and the Roman Elite; Revisiting the Tomb of the Baker; Slave and Freed Culture; Ex-Slaves' Epigraphic Habit; Sites of Engagement; Summary of the Argument; Chapter 2 Achieving Immortality under the Principate; Behavioral Norms for Ex-Slaves; A Freedman's Guide to Fama; Immortality under a Princeps; Slaves of God; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Cultural Exchange in Roman Society; Political Metaphor and Social Thought
Trimalchio's Epigraphic HabitStrategies for the Principate; Think Like a Freedman; Learning from Fable; Conclusion; Chapter 4 Imperial Freedmen and Imperial Power; Marcus Antonius Pallas; Political Symbols from Social Practice; Alternatives through Inscribed Writing; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Telling Life Stories; Continuity and Change in the Freed Life Course; Personal Relationships; Work and Collegia; Votive Dedications; Birthdays; Biography and Political Change; Stoicism and Christianity as Alternative Frameworks; Continuity in the Spiritual Life Course; Conclusion; Conclusion; Bibliography
Summary
Argues that freed slaves exerted a profound influence on the transformation of Roman values under the Principate
