I. Introductory notes ; II. Historiographic coordinates for Roman-era occupational epigraphy ; Professions, occupations and Roman economy ; Ancient middle classes ; Historiographic outline ; III. Quantitative analyses on the primary data ; Demography and representativeness ; Encoding the attested occupations ; Space and time ; People and monuments ; IV. People and professional identities ; Tales of trade and friendship ; Doctors - the healing science ; Crafting for a living ; Entertaining the masses ; Case study: local identities ; V. Concluding remarks ; Index ; Glossary ; Catalogue ; References ; Abbreviations used in the catalogue.