A Companion to the City of Rome by Holleran, Claire -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Table of Contents Preface PART I: INTRODUCTORY

CHAPTER ONE

i Archaeological Sources

Guide to Further Reading Digital Resources REFERENCES

ii Written Sources

Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

iii The Marble Plans

Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

iv The Epigraphic Record

Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

v Coins

Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER TWO: Historical Overview

Beginnings The Consequences of Growth Towards Monarchy Imperial Rome Decline and Fall? Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

PART II: THE URBAN LANDSCAPE

CHAPTER THREE: A City of Stories

The Trader: Eumakhos of Milētos, c. 525 BCE The Lawgiver: Hermodoros of Ephesos, c. 450 BCE The Ambassador: Kineas of Thessalia, 280 BCE The Rhetorician: Diophanes of Mitylēnē, 133 BCE The Astrologer: Thrasyllos of Alexandreia, 2 CE Suggestions for Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER FOUR: Defining the City

Introduction Defending and Defining: The City Walls Religion and politics: The pomerium A Practical Perspective: Law, Taxation and Administration Man and nature: The Tiber The Power of the Past: Boundary Traditions Conclusion Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER FIVE: The Development of the City

i) From its Origins to the Second Century BCE ii) From 100 BCE to 600 CE

REFERENCES

PART III: THE PEOPLE

CHAPTER SIX: The Population

Counting the inhabitants of Rome: The methodological problem The Dynamics of the Population: Immigration and Natural Reproduction Causes of decline Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER SEVEN: Social Structure and the plebs Romana

Introduction Legal Status Immigrants and Natives Wealth and Poverty Social Relations Public Opinion Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER EIGHT: The Army in Imperial Rome

Introduction The Praetorian Guard Horseguards Soldiers and the metropolis Other Soldiers in and Around Rome The Metropolitan Military Community Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

PART IV: THE URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE

CHAPTER NINE: Rivers, Roads, and Ports

Rome’s Natural Setting Republican Rome Imperial Rome Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER TEN: Feeding Rome

Population Growth and “Grain Psychosis” Rome and Overseas Grain The Granaries at Rome What does “Rome” mean? Fiscal Grain or not? The Role of the Private Market Ships and “Grain of the Sea” The “Best Grain” Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER ELEVEN: Water Supply and Sewers

How Aqueducts Worked Frontinus on Rome’s Water System Water disposal: Sewers in Ancient Rome Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER TWELVE: Streets and Street Life

Different Streets Streets and Infrastructure Planning and the Street System Names and Addresses Administration and Maintenance People on the Streets The Street as Destination Example of a Street Club: Vici and Compitalia Conclusion Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Urban Administration in Rome

Introduction The Republican System in Outline Caesar and Augustus The Imperial system Fires Law and Order The Aediles and the Day‐to‐Day Administration of the City Conclusion Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

PART V: LIVING IN ROME

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

i The Development and Role of the Roman Aristocratic Domus

Introduction The Roman Aristocratic Domus in Ancient Text The Roman Aristocratic Domus in Archaeology The Structure and Function of the Domus: Interpreting “Public” and “Private” Space Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

ii Insulae

Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: The Imperial Thermae

The Nature of the Evidence Origins and Architectural Development The Large Imperial Thermae The Thermae and the City Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Libraries and Literary Culture in Rome

Roman Literary Life Under the Republic Roman Literary Life Under the Principate Literacy, Books, and Cultural Competence Roman Libraries “Public” libraries? Later Libraries at Rome Form and use of Libraries Catalogues, Staff, Languages, access, and Bath‐House Libraries Libraries and literary life in Rome Appendix: Sources for Rome’s Public Libraries Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

PART VI: DYING IN ROME

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Hazards of Life in Ancient Rome

Introduction Floods Fires Famines Footpads Filth Fevers Conclusion: The Fatal Metropolis? Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Funerary Practice in the City of Rome

The Perfect Death From the Deathbed to the Grave Social Divisions Mourners and Undertakers Rituals of Transition Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER NINETEEN: Roman Cemeteries and Tombs

Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

PART VII: THE URBAN ECONOMY

CHAPTER TWENTY: The Labor Market

Introduction Sources and Methods Servile and Free Labor Skilled and Unskilled Labor Male and Female Labor Dependence and Independence Conclusion: An Open Labor Market? Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: Production in Rome

Manufacturing Economic Hierarchies within Rome Financial Services Conclusion Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: The Retail Trade

The Topography of Trade Tabernae Markets Streets and Other Public Spaces Auctions Conclusions Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: The Construction Industry

The Development of a Construction Industry in Rome Contractors and builders The Organization of Construction The Supply of Building Materials Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

PART VIII: CIVIC LIFE

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: Temples, Colleges, and Priesthoods

Introduction Infrastructure? Associations Priestly Colleges Conclusion Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: Entertainment

Entertainments in the Early and Middle Republic Entertainments in the Late Republic and Early Empire The High Empire and Beyond Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: Law and Lawcourts

Rome’s Legal System The Courts within Rome’s Physical Landscape Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: The Roman Church

Introduction Beginnings The Ways of God Material Culture Constantine Conclusions Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: Political Space

The Republican Forum Romanum The Republican Campus Martius Theatrum Pompei Julius Caesar’s Building Project Augustus and Imperial Power Alternative Political Spaces: The Domus Aurea and Its Aftermath Diocletian, Tetrarchy, and the Forum Romanum Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

PART IX: THE ROMAN TRIUMPH

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: The Triumphal Procession

Introduction The Route of the Triumphal Procession The Triumphal Procession: Cities, Nations, Rivers on Display Captives on Display Spoils of War Triumphing General and Chariot Spectators at the Triumph Conclusion Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER THIRTY: Urban Commemoration: The Pompa Triumphalis in Rome

The City Shapes the Performance The Performance Shapes the City Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

PART X: RECEPTIONS OF ROME

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: Written Rome: Ancient Literary Responses

Entering a City of Texts: The Via Flaminia Towards Pompey’s Entertainment Complex The Palatine Gaze The Forum Point‐of‐View Last Exit to… Conclusion Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: The Renaissance: The “Discovery” of Ancient Rome

Introduction: The Renaissance Rome: The Exquisite Corpse Humanism, Politics, and the Recovery of Classical Literature Ruins and Renovatio The Discovery of Roman Art and Imagery The Reconstruction (and replication) of Ancient Rome Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: Napoleonic Rome and “Roma Capitale”

Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: Mussolini and Rome

Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: The City of Ancient Rome on Screen

Early Cinema Cinema’s Golden Age A New Epic Television Guide to Further Reading REFERENCES

Index Topographical Index Source Index End User License Agreement

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