| Preface | p. ix |
| Preface to the reissue of 1983 | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. xiii |
| The Roman Republic | p. 3 |
| The Period of Kings: c. 753-510 B.C. | p. 3 |
| The Earliest Phase | p. 5 |
| The Beginnings of Sculpture | p. 6 |
| The Beginnings of Painting | p. 7 |
| Etruscan Influence at Rome: Tarquinius and Vulca | p. 8 |
| Portrait Statues | p. 12 |
| The Early Republic: 509-390 B.C. | p. 14 |
| The Temple of Ceres on the Aventine | p. 17 |
| The Tomb of Lars Porsenna | p. 18 |
| The Sack of Veii | p. 18 |
| The Beginning of Sculpture in Bronze | p. 19 |
| Portrait Statues | p. 20 |
| Roman Expansion in Italy: c. 390-264 B.C. | p. 22 |
| Triumphs and Plunder | p. 24 |
| Painting | p. 26 |
| Portrait Statues | p. 27 |
| The Dedications of the Ogulnii | p. 29 |
| Expansion in the Mediterranean: c. 264-133 B.C. | p. 29 |
| Plunder from Syracuse: 211 B.C. | p. 32 |
| The Luxury of Asia | p. 33 |
| Further Triumphs and Their Fruits | p. 42 |
| The City of Rome and Its Monuments | p. 48 |
| Painting | p. 51 |
| Portrait Sculpture | p. 53 |
| Statues of Gods and Heroes | p. 57 |
| The Decline of the Republic: 133-31 B.C. | p. 58 |
| Triumphs and Plunder | p. 63 |
| Collecting and Connisseurship | p. 74 |
| Private and Public Buildings | p. 81 |
| The Buildings and Monuments of Julius Caesar | p. 85 |
| Painting | p. 87 |
| Sculpture | p. 88 |
| Portraiture | p. 91 |
| The Roman Empire from 27 B.C. to 192 A.D. | p. 99 |
| The Julio-Claudian Emperors, 27 B.C.-A.D. 68 | p. 99 |
| Augustus: 27 B.C.-A.D. 14 | p. 103 |
| The Fruits of Actium | p. 103 |
| The Augustan Building Program | p. 104 |
| Sculpture | p. 112 |
| Painting | p. 114 |
| The Minor Arts | p. 116 |
| The Death, Interment, and Testament of Augustus | p. 118 |
| Vitruvius | p. 120 |
| Tiberius: A.D. 14-37 | p. 129 |
| Buildings and Monuments | p. 129 |
| Sculpture | p. 131 |
| Painting | p. 133 |
| The Minor Arts | p. 133 |
| Caligula: A.D. 37-41 | p. 133 |
| Buildings and Fancies | p. 133 |
| Sculpture | p. 136 |
| Claudius: A.D. 41-54 | p. 136 |
| Public Works | p. 136 |
| Sculpture | p. 139 |
| Gems and Jewelry | p. 139 |
| Nero: A.D. 54-68 | p. 140 |
| The Great Fire, the Golden House (Domus Aurea), and Other Architectural Projects | p. 140 |
| Sculpture | p. 144 |
| Painting | p. 146 |
| The Minor Arts | p. 149 |
| Nero the Artist | p. 149 |
| The End of Nero | p. 149 |
| The Flavians | p. 150 |
| The Year of Galba, Otho, and Vitellius: A.D. 69 | p. 152 |
| Vespasian: A.D. 70-79 | p. 153 |
| Buildings and Restorations | p. 153 |
| Sculpture | p. 154 |
| Painting and Decoration | p. 155 |
| Titus: A.D. 79-81 | p. 157 |
| Domitian: A.D. 81-96 | p. 160 |
| Public and Private Buildings | p. 160 |
| Sculpture | p. 163 |
| The "Five Good Emperors" and Commodus | p. 165 |
| Nerva: A.D. 96-98 | p. 168 |
| Trajan: A.D. 98-117 | p. 169 |
| Building Projects | p. 169 |
| The Younger Pliny's Villa at Laurentum | p. 170 |
| Hadrian: A.D. 117-137 | p. 174 |
| Personality and Tastes | p. 174 |
| The Hadrianic Building Program in Rome | p. 175 |
| Building Projects in the Provinces | p. 177 |
| Sculpture | p. 179 |
| Antoninus Pius: A.D. 138-161 | p. 181 |
| Public Works | p. 181 |
| Herodes Atticus | p. 182 |
| Marcus Aurelius: A.D. 161-180 | p. 183 |
| Commodus: A.D. 180-192 | p. 185 |
| Public Works | p. 185 |
| Sculpture and Painting | p. 185 |
| Late Antiquity | p. 189 |
| Historical Developments | p. 190 |
| The Severans: A.D. 193-235 | p. 190 |
| Septimius Severus: A.D. 193-211 | p. 192 |
| Caracalla: A.D. 211-217 | p. 195 |
| Macrinus: A.D. 217-218 | p. 196 |
| Elagabalus: A.D. 218-222 | p. 196 |
| Alexander Severus: A.D. 222-235 | p. 198 |
| The Roman Empire from A. D. 235-337 | p. 201 |
| The Period of Maximinus and Gordian I: A.D. 235-238 | p. 201 |
| Gordian III: A.D. 238-244 | p. 202 |
| Gallienus: 253-268 | p. 204 |
| Claudius Gothicus: 268-270 | p. 205 |
| Aurelian: 270-275 | p. 207 |
| Tacitus: 275-276 and Florian: 276 | p. 209 |
| Probus: 276-282 | p. 209 |
| Carus, Carinus, and Numerianus: 282-284 | p. 209 |
| Diocletian: 285-305 | p. 211 |
| Constantine: 305-337 | p. 212 |
| Philosophical and Literary Traditions in the Art Criticism of Late Antiquity | p. 213 |
| The Life of Apollonios of Tyana | p. 213 |
| Plotinos: c. 205-270 | p. 215 |
| The Philostrati | p. 219 |
| Kallistratos | p. 226 |
| Appendix | p. 231 |
| Greek | p. 231 |
| Latin | p. 232 |
| Index | p. 237 |
| Index of Artists | p. 237 |
| Geographical Index | p. 239 |
| General Index | p. 244 |
| Table of Contents provided by Syndetics. All Rights Reserved. |
