Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome

Name: Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome
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ISBN: 9780521720786

ISBN-10: 0521720788

ISBN-13: 9780521720786

Edition: 2012

Authors: Paul Erdkamp

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Rome was the largest city in the ancient world. As the capital of the Roman Empire, it was clearly an exceptional city in terms of size, diversity and complexity. While the Colosseum, imperial palaces and Pantheon are among its most famous features, this volume explores Rome primarily as a city in which many thousands of men and women were born, lived and died. The thirty-one chapters by leading historians, classicists and archaeologists discuss issues ranging from the monuments and the games to the food and water supply, from policing and riots to domestic housing, from death and disease to pagan cults and the impact of Christianity. Richly illustrated, the volume introduces groundbreaking…

Book details

Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/29/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 646
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English



Introduction




The emergence of the city




Inhabitants



Population size and social structure




Disease and death




Slaves and freedmen




Immigration and cosmopolitanization




Marriages, families, households




Pack-animals, pets, pests, and other non-human beings




The Urban Fabric



The urban topography of Rome




Housing and domestic architecture




Regions and neighborhoods




Monumental Rome




(Sub)urban surroundings




Logistical Challenges



The Tiber and river transport




Traffic and land transportation in and near Rome




The food supply of the capital




Counting bricks and stacking wood: providing the physical fabric




Water supply, drainage and watermills




Working for a Living



Industries and services




Labour and employment




Professional associations




Sex and the city




Rulers and the Ruled



Civic rituals and political spaces in Republican and Imperial Rome




Policing and security




Riots Gregory




'Romans, play on!': city of the games




Beyond This World



The urban sacred landscape




Structuring time: festivals, holidays and the calendar




Cemeteries and catacombs




What difference did Christianity make?



Epilogue



The city in ruin: text, image, and imagination




Roma aeterna