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STEPHEN L. DYSON Rome A Living Portrait of an Ancient City The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore {© 2010 Thefts Hopkins Uivesy Pes ‘Allg served Pubished 210 Primed in tb United Sates of Aen nacre paper eres4321 The Johns Hophins Uiersty Ps A713 Nom Chae Siet Talmoe Mayland 21218-4363, se pressed Library of Congress Caoging in Pubstion Das Dyson, Stephen "Rome bing porta ofan ance cy / Sepen Dyson, cm — (Aen ect and hoy) Incas biographers and index 15815: 978-0.80189235.0 hardcover alk paper) {SB 10- 0801892538 ardor: lk pope) ISBN15:978-0.80180254-7 (pb “alk oper) S810: 0801892546 bk alk pe) 1, Rome (ia)—isony—To 476.2 Rome tay) Sel condtions 3. Rome aly)—cazaton. 4, Cay and uy le—taly Romeo 5 Uitanaen—taly—Rome—Hstery 6 Ardy ad haory—aly— Rome. Excmatons(Nehaealoy)—tly—Rome 1 Tae ‘2 5.097 2008 O37 eS—ded2 2000018173, Acalog cor fortis bok avalal fm the ish Lira Spec counts ar aaa ob pcs of hk For mane informa, ease tact Spc Set 3105164835 or phases “The Jos Hopkins Unversty Pres uses nttonmenly en hook materi ‘icing reeled et pape that composed oft as 0 pce! pooner ‘waste, whenever possible Alf out book papes are ace, and rt and over ate pind on per with eyed cote For Pauline a felow explorer of Rome Contents Lis ofMlusraons x Preface wv One Approaching he Ancent City Two ‘The Creation of the Ancient Megaloplis of Rome 17 Torce Rome afer Hannibal 44 Four From Sullato Octavian 79 Five “The Creation of the Imperial Cry 17 Six ‘The Consolidation ofthe Imperial Cty 156 Seven The Amionine Guy 192 ight [Neighborhoods Pathways, and Rituals ofthe Imperial City 24 coments ine ‘Supply, Service, and Productivity: The Urban Economy of Ancient Rome 241 Ten The People of imperial Rome 264 Eleven (On the Fringe: Rome beyond the Pomerum 295, Twelve The Prelude wo the Chistian Cty 335 Notes 363 Glossary oftatin Terms 421 Bibliography 427 Index 431 Illustrations Plan of ancient Rome showing the ict ofthe Servan and Aurelian Walls and the principal monuments as they exited under the Empire 18 Plan of mid-Republean Rome 19 Plan of the Forum Boariom 24 Route ofthe Roman tiummph 26 ‘emplesin the Larg Argentina seen fom the south 29 Pan ofthe Republican Campus Manus 35 Map ofthe major roads leaving Rome 39 Pan ofthe late Republican Forum 47 The Temple of Porn, popularly known as Frcuna Vis, withthe Temple ‘of Hercules/Vestinthe background 53 Routes ofthe principal aquedutsemteringhe city 68 Fragments ofthe Marble Plan showeng the Hore of Galba with the Tomb of Galbaand the PonicusAemiia 71 ‘The Tomb of Eurysaces the Baker outside the Porta Maggiore 9 ‘The Thester of Pompey as rconstracted in the fragments ofthe Marble Plan 101 Ey pera Forum Romanum 119 ‘The Temple of Apollo as reconstructed by Sostus and he Theater of Marelus 24 Reconstruction ofthe Forum of Augustus 129 ‘The Augustan Palatine 133 Pla ofthe Augustan Campus Marius 137 Plan of the remains ofthe Golden Howse of Nero 166 ‘The funerary monument of Sulpcus Maximus 180 Plan ofthe Place of Domitian 182 Plan of imperil ors 186, View of Markets of Trajan as reconstructed by archaeologists inthe 1930-1940 191 Pian ofthe Campus Martius inthe second century a> 198 Marcus Aurelius sacrificing onthe Capitaine 200 ‘Prt ofthe Severan Sepizadim by du Perse 205 ‘Aerial view ofthe Baths of Caracalla 208 Overview ofa modelfRome 215 ‘Fragments ofthe Forma Urbs showing ental par ofthe cy. wih inlae and arium houses 221 Route ofthe Tiber through Rome 244 Reconstruction of gin distribution tthe Portcus Minuca 246 “Tomi monument ofthe shoemaker Huts las ulus 262 Location ofthe principal catacombs inthe areaofRome 282 Shteenh-century reconstruction of ancient Osta and Portus 304 Funeray tle fom Isla Sacra showing a Roman midwife delivering abuby 308 ighcenh-cenury fantasy reconstruction of the tombs onthe Via Appi, byG.B. Piranesi 314 Isrts Print ofthe interior ofthe Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas 318 Pan of Hada’ Vila st Tvoli 323, View ofthe is ofthe Villa of the Quin onthe Via Appia 325, Aurelian Wall tthe Porta Osten, showing the Augusta-era Tomb of Ces embedded inthe bre ofthe wall 343 View ofthe area ofthe Baths of Diocletian as reconstructed by archaologsts Inthe 1930-1947 The Bastiea of Manentius 349 The Archof Consanune 335 Rome inthe fourth century so 357 Preface book has ben long inthe making and has draw on the insight and ideas of many frends and colleagues. A special debs owed students and colleagues at both the Intercollegiate Center fr Classical tues in Rome {nd the Clssal Summer School ofthe American Academy in Rome, who served asthe sounding boards for many ofthe ideas expressed here and provided me with many oftheir own insights The completion of « work sich as this isa major esearch and bibhographi- cal challenge. 1 owe a great del to che Wbrains atthe American Academy Rome and at Lockwood Library ofthe University at Bil, Jennifer Kendall of ‘he Univers at Bulla Casi Department, provided invaluable assistance in preparing the lustranons.Jack McGuire insured the packages of manuscript and proofs departed and arrived salely. At the Johns Hopkins University Pres spe il thanks are owed to Michel Lonegro, who supported the project fom initial ‘deat final manus, to Jaina MeCany and Michele Callaghan, and espe: cally to Barbara Lamb, whose careful ting saved me from many embarrassing fstos, mst ake otal lame for those that remain, One Approaching the Ancient City Aliscinguished scholar has recently writen a book ented My Roman Briain bis own personal summation of itime of scholaly engage ‘ment with that province." This boo, 00, is my own very persona fort oreconstrct ancient Rome a "ving city.” om is emergence Jas an imperil capital inthe furch-thire entries nto the decades ‘mediately afer the transfer ofthe capital Constantinople. reflects etme ‘of observing, studying, and eachingthe cy of Rome. The book salsa temp tw.cros and combane sever historia and archaoloial genres of research nto ‘the ancien mega | have designed it as an introduction to the ance ct for the stadent or ours who wants an overview rather hana detaled consideration ‘of individual ste and remains Is ntnded as complement to such masterful archaeological guides as those of Flppo Ceuel and Amanda Claridge * have atric to provide storia overview ofthe physical development ofthe cy, looking atthe development of buldings, he history of monuments, tnd the changing nature of urban spaces. However, in contrast to clase works ‘on Roman archtectre and the Roan city, ke James Anderson's Roman Arch tecture and John Sambah’s The Ancient Cy, Yao ait inhabit spaces, in ‘omporatng the social and economic istry ofa once "ving" city Too often the gente of archaeolgkal, arctectural, and socioeconomic history have been con- ‘Siete separately withthe result being a disputed debate over ruins, an ab- sac physical account ofthe leaming whe, uninhabited expanse ofthe ancient tus rather ike the plaster reconstruction of earl-fouth-century Rome in the ‘Museo della Civils Romana, of simplistic socioeconomic history lagely1e- 1
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