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Seeks to demonstrate that all Julio-Claudian ousiai were imperial, in the sense that they were a privilege granted by the emperor, even though some did not end up as part of the ousiakos logos under the Flavians. - 1. From Rostovtzeff to Parássoglou and beyond. - 2. The term ousia in Ptolemaic and early-Roman Egypt. - 3. The owners of the "non-imperial" Julio-Claudian ousiai: 3.1. Tiberius Iulius Nikanor; - 3.2. Marcus Aponius Saturninus; - 3.3. Tiberius Claudius Balbillus; - 3.4. Norbana Clara. - 4. Julio-Claudian ousiai: privileged estates. - 5. A note on terminology. - 6. Epilogue: non-imperial ousiai in the second and third centuries AD. - Appendix: Estates not described as ousiai.