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Index
Title Page
Copyright Page
List of Contributors
Table of Contents
Editors’ Preface
Preface: A Bird’s-Eye View
1. Introduction: the archaeology and topography of Rome
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2. Early and Archaic Rome
INTRODUCTION
THE LITERARY SOURCES
THE EARLIEST SETTLEMENT
THE FIRST PHASES OF LATIN CIVILIZATION
THE ORIENTALIZING PERIOD
THE 7TH AND 6TH CENTURIES
THE CITY OF ROME
LOOKING FORWARD
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
3. The City of Rome in the Middle Republic (c. 400–100 BC)
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
4. The Moral Museum: Augustus and the City of Rome
THE HOUSE OF AUGUSTUS ON THE PALATINE
THE DISPLAY OF ORIGINAL GREEK SCULPTURES IN AUGUSTAN ROME
THE ROMAN FORUM AND SURROUNDING AREA
ECHOES ABROAD
THE MORAL MUSEUM: MONUMENTAL ART AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
5. ‘Armed and belted men’: the soldiery in imperial Rome
1. A “THRONG OF MOTLEY SOLDIERS”: NUMBERS AND ORGANISATION
2. ‘COHORTS AND CAVALRY ON CALL’: MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN ROME
3.“BODYGUARDS AND PUBLIC EXECUTIONERS”: THE FUNCTIONS OF TROOPS IN ROME
4. ‘WITH BRAWLING, FISTS AND SWORDS’?: THE IMPACT OF SOLDIERS ON ROME
5. ‘ARMED AND BELTED MEN’ IN METROPOLITAN ART
6. SENATUS MILESQUE ET POPULUS: THE SOLDIERY IN IMPERIAL POLITICS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
6. Building the Eternal City: the construction industry of imperial Rome
ARCHITECTS, CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
PRIVATE BUILDING IN PRACTICE
PUBLIC BUILDING IN PRACTICE
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
7. The Feeding of Imperial Rome: The Mechanics of the Food Supply System
INTRODUCTION
THE PROBLEM
THE SOLUTION
SCALE
FOOD SUPPLY AND LABOUR PROVISION
CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
8. ‘Greater than the Pyramids’: the Water Supply of Ancient Rome
THE OFFICE OF CURATOR AQUARUM
IN THE BEGINNING
THE AQUEDUCTS
QUALITY, TANKS AND MAINTENANCE
GRADIENT AND SPEED OF FLOW
DISTRIBUTION INTRA AND EXTRA URBEM (FIG. 8.5)
FRONTINUS’ FIGURES AND THE CAPACITY OF ROME’S WATER SUPPLY (Figs 8.5 and 8.11)
CASTELLA
CONSUMERS, PIPES AND FOUNTAINS
AQUEDUCTS AND BATHS
AQUEDUCTS AND MILLS
DIRTY WATERS
THE AQUEDUCTS AND WATER SUPPLY AFTER ANTIQUITY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
9. Entertaining Rome
INTRODUCTION
CIRCUS
THEATRE
AMPHITHEATRE
NAUMACHIA
STADIUM
ODEUM
CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
10. Living and Dying in the City of Rome: houses and tombs
ARISTOCRATIC HOUSES
ARISTOCRATIC FUNERALS AND TOMB-MONUMENTS
THE POOR AND THE NOT-SO-POOR
HOUSING, BURIAL AND THE FAMILY
HOUSING, BURIAL AND PATRONAGE
THE ROLE OF THE COLLEGIA
CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
11. Religions of Rome
HOMOGENEITY
THEOLOGICAL EXCLUSIVITY
EXCLUSIVITY OF ALLEGIANCE
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
12. Lost Glories? Rome at the End of Empire
INTRODUCTION
THE LATE ROMAN CONTEXT
FROM PAGAN STRONGHOLD TO CHRISTIAN CITADEL
LATE ROMAN ROME: IMAGES OF DECAY
THE 5TH-CENTURY DISASTERS: VISIGOTHS AND VANDALS
5TH-CENTURY ROME: IMAGES OF ACTIVITY
AFTER ROMAN ROME
THE ROMAN PHOENIX
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
13. Back to the Future: Archaeology and Innovation in the Building of Roma Capitale
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Appendix: Sources for the Study of Ancient Rome
Abbreviations
Research Bibliography for the City of Rome
Index
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