Rome: An Urban History from Antiquity to the Present1. A bend in the river -- 2. A storybook beginning -- 3. Ideological crossfire -- 4. Big men on the Campus -- 5. Res publica restitute -- 6. Memorials in motion : spectacle in the city -- 7. The concrete style -- 8. Remaking Rome's public core I -- 9. Remaking Rome's public core II -- 10. Continuity and crisis -- 11. Rus in urbe : a garden city -- 12. Administration, infrastructure, and disposal of the dead -- 13. Mapping, zoning, and sequestration -- 14. Tetrarchic and Constantinian Rome -- 15. Trophies and tituli : Christian infrastructure before Constantine -- 16. Walls make Christians : from fourth to fifth century -- 17. A tale of two Romes -- 18. The Rome of Goths and Byzantines -- 19. Christian foundations -- 20. From Domus Laterani to Romanum palatium -- 21. The Leonine City : St Peter's and the Borgo -- 22. Via Papalis, the Christian decumanus -- 23. The Urban theaters of imperium and SPQR -- 24. Housing daily life -- 25. Chaos in the fortified city -- 26. The Tiber River -- 27. Humanist Rome, absolutist Rome (1420-1527) -- 28. Planning Counter-Reformation Rome -- 29. Processions and populations -- 30. Magnificent palaces and rhetorical churches -- 31. Neoclassical Rome -- 32. Picturing Rome -- 33. Revolution and Risorgimento -- 34. Italian nationalism and romanit ... -- 35. A city turned inside out |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
A BEND IN THE RIVER | 4 |
A STORYBOOK BEGINNING | 10 |
IDEOLOGICAL CROSSFIRE | 19 |
BIG MEN ON THE CAMPUS | 32 |
RES PUBLICA RESTITUTA | 43 |
SPECTACLE IN THE CITY | 52 |
THE CONCRETE STYLE | 60 |
FROM DOMUS LATERANI TO ROMANUM PALATIUM | 188 |
ST PETERS AND THE BORGO | 196 |
VIA PAPALIS THE CHRISTIAN DECUMANUS | 205 |
THE URBAN THEATERS OF IMPERIUM AND SPQR | 214 |
HOUSING DAILY LIFE | 222 |
CHAOS IN THE FORTIFIED CITY | 232 |
THE TIBER RIVER | 241 |
HUMANIST ROME ABSOLUTIST ROME 14201527 | 251 |
I | 72 |
II | 82 |
CRISIS AND CONTINUITY | 93 |
A GARDEN CITY | 103 |
ADMINISTRATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD | 114 |
MAPPING ZONING AND SEQUESTRATION | 122 |
TETRARCHIC AND CONSTANTINIAN ROME | 132 |
CHRISTIAN INFRASTRUCTURE BEFORE CONSTANTINE | 142 |
FROM FOURTH TO FIFTH CENTURY | 151 |
A TALE OF TWO ROMES | 160 |
THE ROME OF GOTHS AND BYZANTINES | 170 |
CHRISTIAN FOUNDATIONS | 180 |
PLANNING COUNTER REFORMATION ROME | 261 |
PROCESSIONS AND POPULATIONS | 271 |
MAGNIFICENT PALACES AND RHETORICAL CHURCHES | 281 |
NEOCLASSICAL ROME | 292 |
PICTURING ROME | 303 |
REVOLUTION AND RISORGIMENTO | 313 |
ITALIAN NATIONALISM AND ROMANITÀ | 324 |
A CITY TURNED INSIDE OUT | 336 |
Glossary of Persons Places and Terms | 349 |
Works Cited | 363 |
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Rome: An Urban History from Antiquity to the Present Rabun Taylor,Katherine Wentworth Rinne,Spiro Kostof No preview available - 2016 |
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Agrippa ancient Rome Aqua aqueducts Arch architectural Atrium Augustus Aurelian Wall Aventine basilica Baths Borgo building built burial Caelian Caesar Campo Marzio Campus Martius Capitoline Capitolium catacombs cemeteries century B.C.E. Christian church Circus Maximus city's Colonna Colosseum complex Comune Constantine Courtesy of Vincent diaconia domus Domus Aurea Dupérac Einsiedeln Itinerary emperor Esquiline façade families fire Flaminia Forum Forum of Augustus Forum of Caesar fountains gardens Giovanni Hill horti houses imperial imperial fora Krautheimer Lanciani later Lateran Maria Mausoleum medieval monasteries monuments Mura Mussolini neighborhood Nero Ostia palace Palatine Palazzo Pantheon Paolo papal Peter's Piazza pilgrims Piranesi Pius political Pons Ponte Pope Porta portico projects Quirinal Quirinal Hill Renaissance residence river Roma Roman Rome's route scholae Severan marble plan Sixtus Source streets temple Templum Pacis Theater Theater of Pompey Tiber tombs Trajan Transtiberim Trastevere Vatican Velabrum Venus Via Flaminia Villa