Monografía centrada en el análisis de la concepción, el desarrollo político e institucional y la administración de las provincias romanas, desde sus más remotos orígenes hasta el Principado de Augusto, a través de nueve contribuciones realizadas por sendos especialistas de la Roma republicana de procedencia nacional e internacional. Desde un estudio detallado de las fuentes, los participantes abordan en sus trabajos distintos aspectos de la administración provincial romana atendiendo a cuestiones como la génesis del entramado provincial republicano, los procedimientos de asignación y prórroga de los mandos provinciales, el papel desempeñado por los titulares de las provincias en la actividad diplomática o el impacto del principado de Augusto en la estructura provincial.

Monograph focused on the analysis of the conception, the political and institutional development and the administration of the Roman provinces, from their most remote origins to the Principality of Augustus, through nine contributions made by two specialists from republican Rome of national and national origin. international. From a detailed study of the sources, the participants address in their work different aspects of the Roman provincial administration, attending to issues such as the genesis of the republican provincial framework, the procedures for the assignment and extension of provincial commands, the role played by the heads of the provinces in diplomatic activity or the impact of the Principality of Augustus on the provincial structure.

When the Roman Republic became the master of an overseas empire, the Romans had to adapt their civic institutions so as to be able to rule the dominions that were successively subjected to their imperium. As a result, Rome created an administrative structure mainly based on an element that became the keystone of its empire: the provincia. This book brings together nine contributions from a total of ten scholars, all specialists in Republican Rome and the Principate, who analyse from diverse perspectives and approaches the distinct ways in which the Roman res publica constituted and ruled a far-flung empire. The book ranges from the development of the Roman institutional structures to the diplomatic and administrative activities carried out by the Roman commanders overseas. Beyond the subject on which each author focuses, all chapters in this volume represent significant and renewed contributions to the study of the provinces and the Roman empire during the Republican period and the transition to the Principate.