The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome (Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World)

The Cambridge Companion To Ancient Rome Offers Thirty-one Original Essays By Leading Historians, Classicists And Archaeologists On The Largest Metropolis Of The Roman Empire. While The Colosseum, Imperial Palaces And Pantheon Are Famous Features Of The Roman Capital, Rome Is Addressed In This Volume Primarily As A City In Which Many Thousands Of Men And Women Were Born, Lived, And Died. The Clearly Written And Succinct Chapters Discuss Numerous Issues Related To The Capital Of The Roman Empire: 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 And Designed As A Readable Survey Accessible To All Audiences, The Companion Explains Ground-breaking New Research Against The Background Of Current Debate And Reaches A Level Of Sophistication That Will Be Appreciated By The Experts. -- Publisher's Description The Emergence Of The City / Alexandre Grandazzi -- Population Size And Social Structure / Neville Morley -- Disease And Death / Walter Scheidel -- Slaves And Freedmen / Elisabeth Herrmann-otto -- Immigration And Cosmopolitanization / Claudia Moatti -- Marriages, Families, Households / Beryl Rawson -- Pack-animals, Pets, Pests, And Other Non-human Beings / Michael Mackinnon -- The Urban Topography Of Rome / Elisha Dumser -- Housing And Domestic Architecture / Glenn R. Storey -- Regions And Neighborhoods / J. Bert Lott -- Monumental Rome / Roy D. Miller -- (sub)urban Surroundings / Robert Witcher -- The Tiber And River Transport / Steven L. Tuck -- Traffic And Land Transportation In And Near Rome / Ray Laurence -- The Food Supply Of The Capital / Paul Erdkamp -- Counting Bricks And Stacking Wood : Providing The Physical Fabric / Shawn Graham -- Water Supply, Drainage And Watermills / Christer Bruun -- Industries And Services / Wim Broekaert And Arjan Zuiderhoek -- Labour And Employment / Cameron Hawkins -- Professional Associations / Jinyu Liu -- Sex And The City / Thomas A. J. Mcginn -- Civic Rituals And Political Spaces In Republican And Imperial Rome / Adam Ziolkowski -- Policing And Security / Benjamin Kelly -- Riots / Gregory S. Aldrete -- 'romans, Play On!': City Of The Games / Nicholas Purcell -- The Urban Sacred Landscape / Andreas Bendlin -- Structuring Time : Festivals, Holidays And The Calendar / Michele R. Salzman -- Cemeteries And Catacombs / Leonard V. Rutgers -- What Difference Did Christianity Make? / A. D. Lee -- The City In Ruin : Text, Image, And Imagination / Catharine Edwards -- Roma Aeterna / Ingrid Rowland. Edited By Paul Erdkamp. Series Title From Publisher's Web Site. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. 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 new research against the background of current debates and is designed as a readable survey accessible in particular to undergraduates and non-specialists. Rome was the largest city in the ancient world. This book introduces and explores all aspects of life there, 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.