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Abbreviations |
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Preface |
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Foreword to the English translation |
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Introduction: The city between antiquity and the Middle Ages Mark Humphries |
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I Maiestas Quirini: The majesty of the Quirinal |
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3 | (14) |
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3 | (2) |
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5 | (1) |
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The pomerium and the regiones |
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6 | (1) |
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7 | (3) |
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10 | (3) |
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11 | (1) |
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Portus and the decline of Ostia |
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12 | (1) |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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15 | (2) |
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Transforiming the city's image |
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17 | (18) |
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The urban heritage: the city as a museum |
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17 | (9) |
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18 | (2) |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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Circuses and amphitheatres |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (2) |
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26 | (7) |
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Constantine's building projects |
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27 | (3) |
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The flowering of the churches: From Julius to Leo the Great (337-440) |
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30 | (1) |
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From Leo to Gregory (440-604) |
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31 | (2) |
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The maintenance of public buildings |
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33 | (2) |
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The phoenix city: War and invasion in the fifth and sixth centuries |
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35 | (10) |
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35 | (1) |
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410: `the mother of the world is murdered' |
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36 | (4) |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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535-52: The devastation of the Gothic war |
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42 | (3) |
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45 | (12) |
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45 | (2) |
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46 | (1) |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (5) |
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The decline of the Senate |
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51 | (2) |
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The traditional magistracies |
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53 | (4) |
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The quaestorship and praetorship |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (1) |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (1) |
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Decline of the traditional magistracies |
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56 | (1) |
II Plebs patresque: Plebeians and patricians |
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57 | (28) |
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The nobility, `elite of the human race' |
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59 | (17) |
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59 | (6) |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (1) |
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The workings of patronage |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (11) |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (1) |
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66 | (2) |
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The culture and religion of the elite |
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68 | (1) |
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69 | (1) |
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The evidence of the contorniates |
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70 | (1) |
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Christianity and the elite |
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71 | (5) |
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76 | (9) |
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76 | (4) |
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Merchants and other occupations |
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80 | (2) |
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82 | (1) |
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82 | (1) |
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83 | (1) |
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83 | (2) |
III Religio: Religion and religiosity |
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85 | (28) |
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87 | (11) |
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87 | (5) |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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The cult of the Great Mother |
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91 | (1) |
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The official abandonment of traditional religion |
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92 | (4) |
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The survival of pagan rites |
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92 | (1) |
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The affair of the altar of Victory |
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93 | (1) |
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94 | (1) |
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494: The affair of the Lupercalia |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (2) |
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The expansion of Christianity |
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98 | (15) |
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98 | (1) |
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The bishop of Rome and his Entourage |
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99 | (5) |
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101 | (1) |
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The election of Damasus (366) |
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101 | (1) |
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101 | (2) |
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The succession to Anastasius (498) |
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103 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (1) |
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The patrimony and revenues of the Roman Church |
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106 | (2) |
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108 | (1) |
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108 | (5) |
IV Saeculum: Worldly concerns |
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113 | (50) |
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Life and death: Material civilisation and mental attitudes |
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115 | (15) |
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115 | (5) |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (1) |
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Oil and wine distribution |
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117 | (1) |
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117 | (2) |
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The annona in the fifth and sixth centuries |
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119 | (1) |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (1) |
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122 | (1) |
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Roman marriage, Christian marriage |
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123 | (2) |
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125 | (5) |
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125 | (1) |
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126 | (1) |
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The memoriae of the martyrs and burial ad sanctos |
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127 | (1) |
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127 | (3) |
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Transforming the calendar |
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130 | (11) |
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130 | (3) |
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The durability of the traditional calendar |
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131 | (1) |
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The months and their divisions |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (5) |
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133 | (3) |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (1) |
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Anniversaries of the martyrs |
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138 | (1) |
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Competition with the pagan calendar? |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (2) |
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The calculations of Dionysius Exiguus |
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140 | (1) |
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Festivals and entertainments |
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141 | (8) |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (4) |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (3) |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (8) |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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Christianity and the classicial tradition |
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151 | (3) |
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Literary occupations and publishing |
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154 | (3) |
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The influence of Christian Rome |
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157 | (6) |
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157 | (2) |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (2) |
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162 | (1) |
Conclusion |
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163 | (2) |
Notes |
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165 | (10) |
Chronology |
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175 | (4) |
Guide to further reading Mark Humphries |
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179 | (4) |
Index |
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