Overview of the Roman FamilyChanges in the Roman FamilyConclusion: Family ValuesDiscussion Questions
13 6 Gender and SexualitySex and GenderSexualityGender RolesConclusionsDiscussion Questions
14 7 OutsidersRome and Italy: The Early RepublicThe Impact of ExpansionConclusionDiscussion Questions
15 8 ReligionWhat Is Roman Religion?Changes in Roman ReligionThe Late RepublicConclusionDiscussion Questions
16 9 LawThe Twelve TablesThe Effects of Expansion on Roman LawThe Late RepublicConclusionDiscussion Questions
17 10 The MilitaryThe Army in Early RomeThe Beginnings of an Imperial ArmyConclusionDiscussion Questions
18 11 The EconomyThe Agricultural Basis of the Early Roman EconomyChanges in the Roman EconomyConclusionDiscussion Questions
19 12 The City of RomeThe Beginnings of the CityArchaic RomeThe Late Republican TransformationConclusionDiscussion Questions
20 13 Roman Arts and LettersThe Early and Middle RepublicOn the World StageConclusionDiscussion Questions
22 Notable Figures from Roman History
23 Glossary
24 Index
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 1Figure 1.1 Bronze statue of a she-wolf suckling Romulus...Figure 1.2 Fol. 1r from ms Plutei 63.19, a tenth century...Figure 1.3 Insula of Diana, Ostia Antica, second century CE.Figure 1.4 Aerial view of Pompeii. Mt. Vesuvius is in the background.Figure 1.5 Bronze tablet recording the Senatorial decree on the...Figure 1.6 Silver denarius, minted 43 or 42 BCE.
2 Chapter 2Figure 2.1 So-called Capitoline Brutus, dated to the...Figure 2.2 Map of Republican RomeFigure 2.3 Map of southern Italy, including Magna Graecia and SicilyFigure 2.4 Map of the Mediterranean basinFigure 2.5 Statue of George Washington as Cincinnatus...
3 Chapter 3Figure 3.1 Manhole Cover, RomeFigure 3.2 Tomb of Eurysaces the Baker, Rome,...Figure 3.3 Portrait of a Vestal Virgin, Rome, first...Figure 3.4 Funerary relief of a butcher and his wife, Ostia, early...Figure 3.5 Relief showing two freedpersons, on the left and at...
4 Chapter 4Figure 4.1 Public Officials of the Res PublicaFigure 4.2 Roman Forum, looking towards the Palatine hill...Figure 4.3 Fresco of woman with wax tablets and stylus...Figure 4.4 Silver denarius, minted 63 BCE by L.C. Longinus,...Figure 4.5 So-called “Chiaramonti Portrait” of...
5 Chapter 5Figure 5.1 The Abduction of the Sabine Women. Nicolas Poussin, 1633–1634...Figure 5.2 Funerary relief of a midwife depicting a birth...Figure 5.3 Funerary relief of L. Aurelius Hermia and his wife Aurelia Philematio;...Figure 5.4 Coin Bank shaped as a beggar girl, circa 50 CE. Getty...
6 Chapter 6Figure 6.1 Sleeping hermaphrodite, second century CE Roman...Figure 6.2 Statue of the Pudicitia type, first century BCE...Figure 6.3 Wall-painting from the House of Iucundus, Pompeii,...Figure 6.4 Market scene from relief at Ostia, second century CE.
7 Chapter 7Figure 7.1 Marble head of a deity wearing a dionysiac headband...Figure 7.2 Folio 2r, from Vat. Lat. 3868, with portrait of Terence,...Figure 7.3 Terracotta vase from Etruria, fourth century BCE....Figure 7.4 Amphitheater, Pompeii, circa 70 BCE.Figure 7.5 Silver Denarius minted by the Marsic Confederation,...
8 Chapter 8Figure 8.1 Marble altar depicting a sacrifice, Sanctuary of Diana at...Figure 8.2 Part of the fasti Amiterni, indicating festivals on the...Figure 8.3 A Lares shrine, from the the House of the Vettii, Pompeii,...Figure 8.4 Silver plate known as the Parabiago plate, with an image of...Figure 8.5 Detail from the so-called Via Labicana Augustus, c. 20 BCE....
9 Chapter 9Figure 9.1 Fresco of banqueting, from the Casa dei Amanti, Pompeii, first century CE.Figure 9.2 Marble altar known as the Altar of the Scribes,...Figure 9.3 Page from the Pandectarum codex Florentinus, otherwise known as...
10 Chapter 10Figure 10.1 Roman centuriate organizationFigure 10.2 Still photo from Cleopatra (1963) starring Elizabeth...Figure 10.3 The Via Appia (Appian Way), begun in 312 BCE and...Figure 10.4 Scene from the Column of Trajan depicting the testudo,...
11 Chapter 11Figure 11.1 Aes Signatum (“stamped bronze”), Rome, third century BCE.Figure 11.2 Slave collar for Zoninos, fourth century CE....Figure 11.3 Individuals walking a field doing survey...Figure 11.4 Amphorae, as they might have been stacked for shipping,...
12 Chapter 12Figure 12.1 Reconstruction of eighth century BCE village on Palatine...Figure 12.2 Cloaca Maxima (“Greatest Drain”), Rome....Figure 12.3 Remains of the “Servian” Wall, Rome, fourth century BCE.Figure 12.4 The Aqua Marcia. Rome. Constructed 144–140 BCE.229Figure 12.5 Republican Temple, usually identified as the Temple...Figure 12.6 Remains of Republican Temples in the Largo Argentina, Rome,...Figure 12.7 Reconstruction of Basilica Fulvia, Rome. Originally...Figure 12.8 Plan of the House of Pansa, Pompeii, first century CE.Figure 12.9 House of the Thermopolion, Ostia, third century CE.Figure 12.10 Reconstruction of Theater of Pompey, Rome. Dedicated 55 BCE.
13 Chapter 13Figure 13.1 Etruscan Terracotta statue, known as the Apollo...Figure 13.2 Wall painting from tomb on Esquiline Hill, Rome,...Figure 13.3 Head of a Roman Patrician from Otricoli in the veristic...Figure 13.4 Portrait of Roman General, Tivoli, 80–60 BCE....Figure 13.5 Statue base of Monument of Domitius Ahenobarbus,...Figure 13.6 Statue base of Monument of Domitius Ahenobarbus,...
Guide
1 Cover
5 Table of Contents
10 Notable Figures from Roman History
11 Glossary
12 Index
13 End