Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors xiPreface xix
Abbreviations xxi
List of Illustrations xxiii
List of Tables xxvii
List of Maps xxix
PART I Introductory 1
1 Source Material:
i Archaeological Sources 3Maria Kneafsey
ii Written Sources 9Richard Flower
iii The Marble Plans 13Pier Luigi Tucci
iv The Epigraphic Record 20Boris Rankov
v Coins 24Andrew Burnett
2 Historical Overview: From City-state to Christian Center 29Christopher Smith
PART II The Urban Landscape 53
3 A City of Stories 55T.P. Wiseman
4 Defining the City: The Boundaries of Rome 71Penelope J. Goodman
5 The Development of the City: An Archaeological Perspectivei From its Origins to the Second Century BCE 93Amanda Claridge
ii From 100 BCE to 600 CE 115Amanda Claridge
PART III The People 137
6 The Population 139Elio Lo Cascio
7 Social Structure and the plebs Romana 155David Noy
8 The Army in Imperial Rome 173Jon Coulston
PART IV The Urban Infrastructure 197
9 Rivers, Roads, and Ports 199Candace M. Rice
10 Feeding Rome: The Grain Supply 219Giovanni Geraci (translated Claire Holleran)
11 Water Supply and Sewers 247Harry B. Evans
12 Streets and Street Life 263J. Bert Lott
13 Urban Administration in Rome 279John R. Patterson
PART V Living in Rome 297
14 Housing:
i The Development and Role of the Roman Aristocratic Domus 299Hannah Platts
ii Insulae 317Janet DeLaine
15 The Imperial Thermae 325Janet DeLaine
16 Libraries and Literary Culture in Rome 343Matthew Nicholls
PART VI Dying in Rome 363
17 Hazards of Life in Ancient Rome: Floods, Fires, Famines, Footpads, Filth, and Fevers 365Gregory S. Aldrete
18 Funerary Practice in the City of Rome 383Valerie M. Hope
19 Roman Cemeteries and Tombs 403Barbara E. Borg
PART VII The Urban Economy 425
20 The Labor Market 427Laurens E. Tacoma
21 Production in Rome 443Dennis Kehoe
22 The Retail Trade 459Claire Holleran
23 The Construction Industry 473Janet DeLaine
PART VIII Civic Life 491
24 Temples, Colleges, and Priesthoods 493Jörg Rüpke
25 Entertainment 511David Potter
26 Law and Lawcourts 527Leanne Bablitz
27 The Roman Church 541John Curran
28 Political Space 559Elizabeth H. Pearson
PART IX The Roman Triumph 581
29 The Triumphal Procession 583Geoffrey S. Sumi
30 Urban Commemoration: The Pompa Triumphalis in Rome 599Diane Favro
PART X Receptions of Rome 619
31 Written Rome: Ancient Literary Responses 621Diana Spencer32 The Renaissance: The “Discovery” of Ancient Rome 643Brian A. Curran
33 Napoleonic Rome and “Roma Capitale” 673Pier Luigi Tucci
34 Mussolini and Rome 683Borden Painter35 The City of Ancient Rome on Screen 699Monica S. Cyrino
Index 715
Topographical Index 731
Source Index 739