A Companion to the City of Rome presents a series of original essays from top experts that offer an authoritative and up-to-date overview of current research on the development of the city of Rome from its origins until circa AD 600.

Table of Contents

• Notes on Contributors
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• List of Maps
• Introductory
• Source Material
• Historical Overview: From City-state to Christian Center
• The Urban Landscape
• A City of Stories
• Defining the City: The Boundaries of Rome
• The Development of the City: An Archaeological Perspective
• The People
• The Population
• Social Structure andthe plebs Romana
• The Army in Imperial Rome
• The Urban Infrastructure
• Rivers, Roads, and Ports
• Feeding Rome: The Grain Supply
• Water Supply and Sewers
• Streets and Street Life
• Urban Administration in Rome
• Living in Rome
• Housing
• The Imperial Thermae
• Libraries and Literary Culture in Rome
• Dying in Rome
• Hazards of Life in Ancient Rome: Floods, Fires, Famines, Footpads, Filth, and Fevers
• Funerary Practice in the City of Rome
• Roman Cemeteries and Tombs
• The Urban Economy
• The Labor Market
• Production in Rome
• The Retail Trade
• The Construction Industry
• Civic Life
• Temples, Colleges, and Priesthoods
• Entertainment
• Law and Lawcourts
• The Roman Church
• Political Space
• The Roman Triumph
• The Triumphal Procession
• Urban Commemoration: The Pompa Triumphalis in Rome
• Receptions of Rome
• Written Rome: Ancient Literary Responses
• The Renaissance: The “Discovery” of Ancient Rome
• Napoleonic Rome and “Roma Capitale”
• Mussolini and Rome
• The City of Ancient Rome on Screen