CONTENTS

List of Illustrations	ix
List of Tables	xiii
Foreword by R. Bruce Hitchner	xv
Preface: My Roman Empire	xvii
Preface to the Paperback Edition	xxv
PART ONE Imperialisms and Colonialisms
1. From Imperium to Imperialism: Writing the Roman Empire	3
2. From One Colonialism to Another: Imperialism and the Maghreb	43
PART TWO Power
3. Regime Change, Resistance, and Reconstruction: Imperialism Ancient and Modern	75
4. Power, Sex, and Empire	94
PART THREE Resources
5. Ruling Regions, Exploiting Resources	125
6. Landscapes of Imperialism. Africa: A Landscape of Opportunity?	146
7. Metals and Metalla: A Roman Copper-Mining Landscape in the Wadi Faynan, Jordan	167
PART FOUR Identity
8. Identity and Discrepancy	203
9. Family Values: Art and Power at Ghirza in the Libyan Pre-desert	246
Afterword: Empire Experienced	269
References	277
Index	325