Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-375) and index
Discovering ancient Rome / Greg Woolf -- The republic / Christopher S. Mackay -- The emperors / David Potter -- An imperial people / Greg Woolf -- Rome and Greece / Greg Woolf -- Domination / Emma Dench -- An imperial metropolis / Jon Coulston & Hazel Dodge -- The empire of letters / Simon Swain -- An empire of cities / Penelope M. Allison -- Knowledge and empire / Rebecca Flemming -- The gods of empire / Richard Lim -- The profits of empire / Neville Morley -- War and peace / Ian Haynes.