The Eternal City

Jessica Maier is associate professor of art history at Mount Holyoke College. She is the author of Rome Measured and Imagined: Early Modern Maps of the Eternal City, also published by University of Chicago Press.

Introduction: Rome as Idea and Reality Further Reading
Chapter One: Rome Takes Shape Rome before Rome
A Walled City
Urban Districting
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Chapter Two: Rome of the Caesars Destination Rome
An Incomplete Puzzle
Making Sense of the Shattered Past
Filling in the Gaps
A Model City
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Chapter Three: Rome of the Popes Sacred Buildings and Secular Symbols
The Medieval Cityscape
Pathos and Wonder
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Chapter Four: Rome Reborn A City Ready for Its Close-Up
The City Seen through a Wide-Angle Lens
The City Measured
A Panoramic View of Urban Revitalization
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Chapter Five: Rome of the Scholars Archaeology in Its Infancy
An Ancient Roman Theme Park
A Ghostly Fantasy
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Chapter Six: Rome of the Saints and Pilgrims The Way of the Faithful
Scenes from a Pilgrimage
A Pilgrimage Map for the Modern Era
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Chapter Seven: Rome of the Grand Tourists Rome as Theater
The Origins of the Tourist Plan
Rome Surveyed
A Panoramic Vision
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Chapter Eight: Rome of the Mass Tourists The Guidebook Impresario’s Rome
Rome for a Rather Important Woman Traveler
Rome in Your Pocket
Rome for Italian Tourists
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Chapter Nine: Rome Enters the Modern Age 2,500 Years in, a Master Plan for Rome
When Trams Ruled Rome
An Olympic City, and a New Beginning
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Chapter Ten: Rome Past, Present, and Future Rapid Transit for a Rapidly Changing City
A Master Plan for the Third Millennium: (Un)sustainable Rome
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 Acknowledgments
Index