PART I. ROMAN EPIGRAPHY : INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY OF THE DISCIPLINE
The epigrapher at work / Christer Bruun & Jonathan Edmondson
Epigraphic research since its inception : epigraphic manuscripts / Marco Buonocore
Forgeries and fakes / Silvia Orlandi, Maria Letizia Caldelli & Gian Luca Gregori
The major corpora and epigraphic publications / Christer Bruun
Epigraphy and digital resources / Thomas Elliott
PART II. INSCRIPTIONS IN THE ROMAN WORLD
Latin epigraphy : the main types of inscriptions / Francisco Beltrán Lloris
Inscribing Roman texts : officinae, layout, and carving techniques / Jonathan Edmondson
The epigraphic habit in the Roman world / Francisco Beltrán Lloris
PART III. THE VALUE OF INSCRIPTIONS FOR RECONSTRUCTING THE ROMAN WORLD
INSCRIPTIONS AND ROMAN PUBLIC LIFE
The Roman Republic / Olli Salomies
The Roman emperor and the imperial family / Frédéric Hurlet
Senators and equites : prosopography / Christer Bruun
Local elites in Italy and the western provinces / Henrik Mouritsen
Local elites in the Greek east / Christof Schuler
Government and administration / Christer Bruun
Laws, lawmaking, and legal documents / Greg Rowe
The Roman army / Michael A. Speidel
Roman history and inscriptions : political and military events / David Potter
Late antiquity / Benet Salway
INSCRIPTIONS AND RELIGION IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Religion in Rome and Italy / Mika Kajava
Religion in the Roman provinces / James Rives
The rise of Christianity / Danilo Mazzoleni
INSCRIPTIONS AND ROMAN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE
The city of Rome / Christer Bruun
Social life in town and country / Garrett Fagan
Urban infrastructure and euergetism outside the city of Rome / Marietta Horster
Spectacle in Rome, Italy, and the provinces / Michael Carter & Jonathan Edmondson
Roman family history / Jonathan Edmondson
Women in the Roman world / Maria Letizia Caldelli
Slaves and freed slaves / Christer Bruun
Death and burial / Laura Chioffi
Communications and mobility in the Roman empire / Anne Kolb
Economic life in the Roman Empire / Jonathan Edmondson
INSCRIPTIONS AND ROMAN CULTURAL LIFE
Local languages in Italy and the west / James Clackson
Linguistic variation, language change, and Latin inscriptions / Peter Kruschwitz
Inscriptions and literacy / John Bodel
Carmina latina epigraphica / Manfred Schmidt.