A Companion to the City of Rome

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- List of Maps -- Part I Introductory -- Chapter One -- i Archaeological Sources -- Guide to Further Reading -- Digital Resources -- References -- ii Written Sources -- Guide to...

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Main Author: Claridge, Amanda (Author)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Somerset : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated , 2018
Series:Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World Ser v.101
Online Access:http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=5451945
Related Items:Erscheint auch als: A Companion to the City of Rome
E-Book Packages:ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection
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Summary:Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- List of Maps -- 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: From City-state to Christian Center -- 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: The Boundaries of Rome -- 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: An Archaeological Perspective -- 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 -- Endnotes -- 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: The Grain Supply -- 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 -- Endnotes -- 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 Compitalia2 -- Conclusion -- Guide to Further Reading -- Endnote -- 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.
Dependence and independence -- Conclusion: An Open Labor Market? -- Guide to Further Reading -- Endnote -- 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 -- Endnote -- References -- Chapter Twenty-Six Law and Lawcourts -- Rome's Legal System -- The Courts within Rome's Physical Landscape -- Guide to Further Reading -- Endnote -- References -- Chapter Twenty-Seven The Roman Church -- Introduction -- Beginnings -- The Ways of God -- Material Culture -- Constantine -- Conclusions -- Guide to Further Reading -- Endnotes -- 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.
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 -- Endnote -- 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: Floods, Fires, Famines, Footpads, Filth, and Fevers -- 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 -- Endnotes -- 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.
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 -- Endnotes -- 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 -- 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 -- EULA.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (797 pages)
ISBN:9781118300701

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