A Companion to the City of Rome

Notes on Contributors xi Preface 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 3 Maria Kneafsey

ii Written Sources 9 Richard Flower

iii The Marble Plans 13 Pier Luigi Tucci

iv The Epigraphic Record 20 Boris Rankov

v Coins 24 Andrew Burnett

2 Historical Overview: From City?]state to Christian Center 29 Christopher Smith

PART II The Urban Landscape 53

3 A City of Stories 55 T.P. Wiseman

4 Defining the City: The Boundaries of Rome 71 Penelope J. Goodman

5 The Development of the City: An Archaeological Perspective i From its Origins to the Second Century BCE 93 Amanda Claridge

ii From 100 BCE to 600 CE 115 Amanda Claridge

PART III The People 137

6 The Population 139 Elio Lo Cascio

7 Social Structure and the plebs Romana 155 David Noy

8 The Army in Imperial Rome 173 Jon Coulston

PART IV The Urban Infrastructure 197

9 Rivers, Roads, and Ports 199 Candace M. Rice

10 Feeding Rome: The Grain Supply 219 Giovanni Geraci (translated Claire Holleran)

11 Water Supply and Sewers 247 Harry B. Evans

12 Streets and Street Life 263 J. Bert Lott

13 Urban Administration in Rome 279 John R. Patterson

PART V Living in Rome 297

14 Housing:

i The Development and Role of the Roman Aristocratic Domus 299 Hannah Platts

ii Insulae 317 Janet DeLaine

15 The Imperial Thermae 325 Janet DeLaine

16 Libraries and Literary Culture in Rome 343 Matthew Nicholls

PART VI Dying in Rome 363

17 Hazards of Life in Ancient Rome: Floods, Fires, Famines, Footpads, Filth, and Fevers 365 Gregory S. Aldrete

18 Funerary Practice in the City of Rome 383 Valerie M. Hope

19 Roman Cemeteries and Tombs 403 Barbara E. Borg

PART VII The Urban Economy 425

20 The Labor Market 427 Laurens E. Tacoma

21 Production in Rome 443 Dennis Kehoe

22 The Retail Trade 459 Claire Holleran

23 The Construction Industry 473 Janet DeLaine

PART VIII Civic Life 491

24 Temples, Colleges, and Priesthoods 493 Jörg Rüpke

25 Entertainment 511 David Potter

26 Law and Lawcourts 527 Leanne Bablitz

27 The Roman Church 541 John Curran

28 Political Space 559 Elizabeth H. Pearson

PART IX The Roman Triumph 581

29 The Triumphal Procession 583 Geoffrey S. Sumi

30 Urban Commemoration: The Pompa Triumphalis in Rome 599 Diane Favro

PART X Receptions of Rome 619

31 Written Rome: Ancient Literary Responses 621 Diana Spencer 32 The Renaissance: The "Discovery" of Ancient Rome 643 Brian A. Curran

33 Napoleonic Rome and "Roma Capitale" 673 Pier Luigi Tucci

34 Mussolini and Rome 683 Borden Painter 35 The City of Ancient Rome on Screen 699 Monica S. Cyrino

Index 715

Topographical Index 731

Source Index 739