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<p>Notes on Contributors xi<br /><br />Preface xix</p> <p>Abbreviations xxi</p> <p>List of Illustrations xxiii</p> <p>List of Tables xxvii</p> <p>List of Maps xxix</p> <p><b>PART I Introductory 1</b></p> <p>1 Source Material:</p> <p>i Archaeological Sources 3<br /><i>Maria Kneafsey</i></p> <p>ii Written Sources 9<br /><i>Richard Flower</i></p> <p>iii The Marble Plans 13<br /><i>Pier Luigi Tucci</i></p> <p>iv The Epigraphic Record 20<br /><i>Boris Rankov</i></p> <p>v Coins 24<br /><i>Andrew Burnett</i></p> <p>2 Historical Overview: From City?]state to Christian Center 29<br /><i>Christopher Smith</i></p> <p><b>PART II The Urban Landscape 53</b></p> <p>3 A City of Stories 55<b><br /></b><i>T.P. Wiseman</i></p> <p>4 Defining the City: The Boundaries of Rome 71<i><br />Penelope J. Goodman</i></p> <p>5 The Development of the City: An Archaeological Perspective<br /><br />i From its Origins to the Second Century BCE 93<br /><i>Amanda Claridge</i></p> <p>ii From 100 BCE to 600 CE 115<br /><i>Amanda Claridge</i></p> <p><b>PART III The People 137</b></p> <p>6 The Population 139<b><br /></b><i>Elio Lo Cascio</i></p> <p>7 Social Structure and the plebs Romana 155<b><br /></b><i>David Noy</i></p> <p>8 The Army in Imperial Rome 173<b><br /></b><i>Jon Coulston</i></p> <p><b>PART IV The Urban Infrastructure 197</b></p> <p>9 Rivers, Roads, and Ports 199<b><br /></b><i>Candace M. Rice</i></p> <p>10 Feeding Rome: The Grain Supply 219<br /><i>Giovanni Geraci (translated Claire Holleran)</i></p> <p>11 Water Supply and Sewers 247<i><br />Harry B. Evans</i></p> <p>12 Streets and Street Life 263<br /><i>J. Bert Lott</i></p> <p>13 Urban Administration in Rome 279<br /><i>John R. Patterson</i></p> <p><b>PART V Living in Rome 297</b></p> <p>14 Housing:</p> <p>i The Development and Role of the Roman Aristocratic <i>Domus</i> 299<br /><i>Hannah Platts</i></p> <p>ii <i>Insulae</i> 317<br /><i>Janet DeLaine</i></p> <p>15 The Imperial <i>Thermae</i> 325<b><br /></b><i>Janet DeLaine</i></p> <p>16 Libraries and Literary Culture in Rome 343<b><br /></b><i>Matthew Nicholls</i></p> <p><b>PART VI Dying in Rome 363</b></p> <p>17 Hazards of Life in Ancient Rome: Floods, Fires, Famines, Footpads, Filth, and Fevers 365<b><br /></b><i>Gregory S. Aldrete</i></p> <p>18 Funerary Practice in the City of Rome 383<br /><i>Valerie M. Hope</i></p> <p>19 Roman Cemeteries and Tombs 403<br /><i>Barbara E. Borg</i></p> <p><b>PART VII The Urban Economy 425</b></p> <p>20 The Labor Market 427<b><br /></b><i>Laurens E. Tacoma</i></p> <p>21 Production in Rome 443<b><br /></b><i>Dennis Kehoe</i></p> <p>22 The Retail Trade 459<br /><i>Claire Holleran</i></p> <p>23 The Construction Industry 473<br /><i>Janet DeLaine</i></p> <p><b>PART VIII Civic Life 491</b></p> <p>24 Temples, Colleges, and Priesthoods 493<b><br /></b><i>Jörg Rüpke</i></p> <p>25 Entertainment 511<br /><i>David Potter</i></p> <p>26 Law and Lawcourts 527<br /><i>Leanne Bablitz</i></p> <p>27 The Roman Church 541<br /><i>John Curran</i></p> <p>28 Political Space 559<br /><i>Elizabeth H. Pearson</i></p> <p><b>PART IX The Roman Triumph 581</b></p> <p>29 The Triumphal Procession 583<br /><i>Geoffrey S. Sumi</i></p> <p>30 Urban Commemoration: The Pompa Triumphalis in Rome 599<br /><i>Diane Favro</i></p> <p><b>PART X Receptions of Rome 619</b></p> <p>31 Written Rome: Ancient Literary Responses 621<i><br />Diana Spencer<br /><br /></i>32 The Renaissance: The “Discovery” of Ancient Rome 643<br /><i>Brian A. Curran</i></p> <p>33 Napoleonic Rome and “Roma Capitale” 673<br /><i>Pier Luigi Tucci</i></p> <p>34 Mussolini and Rome 683<i><br />Borden Painter<br /><br /></i>35 The City of Ancient Rome on Screen 699<br /><i>Monica S. Cyrino</i></p> <p>Index 715</p> <p>Topographical Index 731</p> <p>Source Index 739</p>

<p><b>CLAIRE HOLLERAN</b> is Senior Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter. She is co-editor of <i>Demography and the Graeco-Roman World</i> (with April Pudsey, 2011) and author of <i>Shopping in Ancient Rome: the Retail Trade in the Late Republic and the Principate (2012).</i> <p><b>AMANDA CLARIDGE</b> is Emeritus Professor of Roman Archaeology at Royal Holloway University of London. Her recent publications include <i>Rome: An Oxford Archaeological Guide</i> (2012) and <i>Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo: Classical manuscript illustrations</i> (with Ingo Herklotz, 2012).

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