Notes on contributors -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- List of illustrations -- List of tables -- List of maps -- Introductory: Source material; Historical overview: from city-state to Christian center -- The urban landscape: A city of stories; Defining the city: the boundaries of Rome; The development of the city: an archaeological perspective -- The people: The population; Social structure and the plebs romana; The army in Imperial Rome -- The urban infrastructure: Rivers, roads, and ports; Feeding Rome: the grain supply; Water supply and sewers; Streets and street life; Urban administration in Rome -- Living in Rome: Housing; The Imperial thermae; Libraries and literary culture in Rome -- Dying in Rome: Hazards of life in ancient Rome: floods, fires, famines, footpads, filth, and fevers; Funerary practice in the city of Rome; Roman cemeteries and tombs -- The urban economy: The labor market; Production in Rome; The retail trade; The construction industry -- Civic life: Temples, colleges, and priesthoods; Entertainment; Law and lawcourts; The Roman Church; Political space -- The Roman triumph: The triumphal procession; Urban commemoration: the Pompa Triumphalis in Rome -- Receptions of Rome: Written Rome: ancient literary responses; The renaissance: the "discovery" of ancient Rome; Napoleonic Rome and "Roma Capitale"; Mussolini and Rome; The city of ancient Rome on screen.