ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This volume has its origin in a conference held at the British School in Rome, the Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut Rome, and the American Academy in Rome in September 2012. The conference was sponsored by a number of institutions: the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies and Nanovic Institute, University of Notre Dame; the Center for the Study of Ancient Religions, University of Chi­cago; the Faculty of Arts, Radboud University; the Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut Rome; and the Loeb Classical Library Foundation, Harvard University.

A number of people assisted with the planning and running of the conference, as well as preparation of this volume: Ruth Abbey and Olivier Hekster aided in the application for funds and joined us in Rome; Anne McGinness helped with logis­tics; and David Nirenberg and Greg Woolf participated throughout and provided commentary at the close. The event was likewise improved by the presence of An­nabel Brett, who in the end was unable to contribute a paper.

Sabine MacCormack played a role in the initial design of the project and was to contribute a paper on citizenship and belonging in the Siete Partidas. Her death in June 2012 deprived the conference of her participation and this volume of a paper, and many of us of a treasured friend.

Throughout this project, I have benefitted from conversation with three friends whose presence may not be immediately apparent: Jennifer Pitts and Patrick Weil, neither of whom could participate but whose learning has left traces throughout; and Ruth, who makes me smarter.