This study takes an entirely new look at the emperor Antoninus Pius and examines his activities in the court, senate, and the plebs urbana , the dynastic staging of the Domus Augusta, and Antoninus' role as military commander. It develops a contextualized picture of his major fields of activity, reconstructing the ways that Pius shaped his rule, and thereby serves as a case study for research on the structure of the principate.

Christoph Michels, RWTH Aachen.