Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-279) and index
Introduction: the authority of precedent -- 1. Building the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus -- 2. A new reconstruction of the temple -- 3. Etrusco-Roman temples of the Early Republic -- 4. Assimilation of Hellenistic architecture after the Punic Wars -- 5. The Corinthian Order in the First Century B.C. -- 6. Architecture and ceremony in the time of Pompey and Julius Caesar -- 7. Rebuilding Rome in the time of Augustus -- 8. Augustus and the Temple of Mars Ultor -- 9. Temples and fora of the Flavian Emperors --10. Trajan's Forum --11. Hadrian's Pantheon --12. Hadrian and the Antonines