Paper Information: Title: Architecture, Performance and Ritual: The Role of State Architecture in the Roman Empire Author: Ralph Häussler Pages: 1–13 DOI: http://doi.org/10.16995/TRAC1998_1_13 Publication Date: 16 April 1999 Volume Information: Baker, P., Forcey, C., Jundi, S., and Witcher, R. (eds) 1999. TRAC 98: Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Leicester 1998. Oxford: Oxbow Books. Copyright and Hardcopy Editions: The following paper was originally published in print format by Oxbow Books for TRAC. Hard copy editions of this volume may still be available, and can be purchased direct from Oxbow at http://www.oxbowbooks.com. TRAC has now made this paper available as Open Access through an agreement with the publisher. Copyright remains with TRAC and the individual author(s), and all use or quotation of this paper and/or its contents must be acknowledged. This paper was released in digital Open Access format in April 2013.