AUTHOR'S NOTE
PART ONE
ONE
MYTHS, MONARCHS AND REPUBLICANS
TWO
IMPERIAL ROME
THREE
BREAD AND CIRCUSES
FOUR
CATACOMBS AND CHRISTIANS
FIVE
INFAMY AND ANARCHY
SIX
SAINTS, TYRANTS AND ANTI-POPES
SEVEN
‘THE REFUGE OF ALL THE NATIONS’
EIGHT
RENAISSANCE AND DECADENCE
NINE
PATRONS AND PARASITES
TEN
THE SACK OF ROME
PART TWO
ELEVEN
RECOVERY AND REFORM
TWELVE
BERNINI AND THE BAROQUE
THIRTEEN
IL SETTECENTO
FOURTEEN
NAPOLEONIC INTERLUDE
FIFTEEN
THE RISORGIMENTO AND THE ROMAN QUESTION
SIXTEEN
ROYAL ROME
SEVENTEEN
ROMA FASCISTA
EPILOGUE: THE ETERNAL CITY
PART THREE
NOTES ON TOPOGRAPHY, BUILDINGS AND WORKS OF ART
1.
MYTHS, MONARCHS AND REPUBLICANS
2. IMPERIAL ROME
3. BREAD AND CIRCUSES
4. CATACOMBS AND CHRISTIANS
5. INFAMY AND ANARCHY
6. SAINTS, TYRANTS AND ANTI-POPES
7. ‘THE REFUGE OF ALL THE NATIONS’
8. RENAISSANCE AND DECADENCE
9. PATRONS AND PARASITES
10. THE SACK OF ROME
11. RECOVERY AND REFORM
12. BERNINI AND THE BAROQUE
13. IL SETTECENTO
14. NAPOLEONIC INTERLUDE
15. THE RISORGIMENTO AND THE ROMAN QUESTION
16. ROYAL ROME
17. ROMA FASCISTA
EPILOGUE: THE ETERNAL CITY
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INDEX