Contents
Roman Emperors
Roman Gods and Goddesses and their Greek Equivalents
Preface
Timeline
Introduction
The Land
Map of the Roman world in the second century ad
Chronology
Topographical map of Italy
The Political Framework
The Republic
The Empire
City of Rome, plan
Art in the Service of the State
Fascism and Propaganda
The Romans' Acquisition of Art Objects
Art for Private Patrons
Archaeological Ethics
Restoration and Forgery
Winckelmann and 18th-century Restorations
Spotlight: The De-restoration of Roman Sculpture
The History of Collecting
Rescue Excavations
Illegal Excavation and Export of Antiquities
Rome and Greek Art
Three Periods of Greek Art
Interconnections
1 The Etruscan Forerunners 1000-200 bc
The Etruscans: The Villanovan Phase
Map of Italy
The Etruscans: The Historical Phase
Architecture
Tombs
Spotlight: The Etruscan ABC
Temples
Domestic Buildings
The Written Record: The cult statue in the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus
Sculpture
Temple Terracottas
Animal Sculpture
Funerary Sculpture
Statuary
Portraits
Painting
Bronze Articles
Rome, the Etruscans, and Latium
Stories of Early Rome
2 The Roman Republic 509-27 bc
Architecture
Villas and Houses
Sanctuaries
Temples
Waterworks
The Cloaca Maxima
The Written Record: A visit to the Cloaca Maxima
Town Planning
The "Servian" Wall
The Roman Forum
The Castrum
Sculpture
Sarcophagi
Historical Relief Sculpture
Portraiture
Spotlight: Caesar Crosses the Rubicon
Wall Paintings
House Walls
Four Pompeian Styles
Mosaics
3 Augustus and the Imperial Idea 27 bc-ad 14
Architecture
The Forum and Mausoleum of Augustus
Spotlight: Cleopatra and the Battle of Actium
The Written Record: What did it look like in downtown Rome?
The Written Record: The Appian Way
A Round Bath Building
A Temple in Gaul
Theaters
The Arch
Monuments Along a Renovated Roadway
An Aqueduct
A City in Spain
Sculpture
Portraits
Reliefs
Wall Paintings
Stucco
4 The Julio-Claudians ad 14-68
The Gemma Augustea
Imperial Patronage in the Provinces
Imperial Architecture and Sculpture
Another Version of the Blinding of Polyphemus
Portraits
The Other Julio-Claudians
Spotlight: Damnatio Memoriae and the Recarving of Roman Portraits
Ordinary Citizens
Sculpture
Piety
The Imperial Hero
Public Works
Aqueducts
The Written Record: Theft of water by insiders
Architecture
The Underground Basilica
Nero's Golden House
The Written Record: The painter in his toga
5 The Flavians: Savior to Despot ad 69-98
Vespasian
Imperial Architecture
The Colosseum
The Stadium of Domitian
The Arch of Titus
The Written Record: The spoils of war in Jerusalem
The Flavian Palace
Sculpture
Imperial Reliefs
Private Reliefs
Portraits
Spotlight: Plaster Cast of a Dying Dog
The Written Record: The death of Pliny the Elder
Pompeii and Herculaneum
The City of Pompeii
Paintings in the Fourth Pompeian Style
Art for the Middle Classes
6 Trajan, Optimus Princeps ad 98-117
The Baths of Trajan
The Written Record: Trajan's generosity
The Forum and Markets of Trajan
The Column of Trajan
Spotlight: An Influential Latin Inscription
Other Trajanic Sculptural Relief
The Arch of Trajan at Benevento
The Provinces
A Great Bridge
Timgad
7 Hadrian and the Classical Revival ad 117-138
Architecture
Hadrian's Villa
The Pantheon
Other Hadrianic Buildings
Spotlight: The Grand Tour and Hadrianic Monuments
Portraits
The Written Record: The death of Antinous through a superstitious lens
Reliefs
Sarcophagi
Sarcophagi from Rome and Athens
Asiatic Sarcophagi
8 The Antonines ad 138-193
The Antonine Family
The Reign of Antoninus Pius
Portraits
Architecture
The Reign of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus
Portraits
The Written Record: Marcus Aurelius' Meditations
The Base of the Column of Antoninus Pius
Panels from a Triumphal Arch
The Column of Marcus Aurelius
Sarcophagi
Spotlight: Religions of Mystery and Ecstasy
The Reign of Commodus
9 The Severans ad 193-235
The Reign of Septimius Severus
Spotlight: The Syrian Princesses
Portraits
Triumphal Arches
Architecture in Distant Lands
The Written Record: A 17th-century traveler visits Baalbek
The Reign of Caracalla
Public Baths
Sarcophagi
10 The Soldier Emperors ad 235-284
Spotlight: The Army Chooses the Emperor
Coins
Portraits
Maximinus Thrax
Balbinus
Philip the Arab
Trebonianus Gallus
A Female Portrait
Gallienus
Aurelian
The Aurelian Wall
The Written Record: The rise and fall of a reluctant soldier emperor
Sarcophagi
A Domestic Quarter and its Paintings
11 The Tetrarchs ad 284-312
The Establishment of the Tetrarchy
Architecture in Spalato
Spotlight: Catacombs and the Good Shepherd
The Written Record: The Good Shepherd
The Written Record: A visit to the catacombs
Architecture in Rome
Architecture in Northern Greece
Mosaics
Portraiture
Decennalia Relief
12 Constantine and the Aftermath ad 307-337
Late Antique Art
Imperial Monuments
The Arch of Constantine
The Written Record: The Edict of Milan and religious tolerance
The Base of the Obelisk of Theodosius
Portraits
Spotlight: Christ and Christianity
Architecture
Sarcophagi
Luxury Arts
Conclusion
Ancient Authors
Glossary
Select Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Index
