Tiber

Introduction • 1. GODS, KINGS, AND MEN • Father Tiber • Aeneas to Romulus and Remus • Age of Kings • Cloaca Maxima • Three Heroes of the Republic • Valesius, Ogulnius, and AsclepiusSalt • Alien Gods • Cui Bono? Roscius and the Poena Cullei • Cicero and the Woman • Caesar and Cleopatra • INTERLUDE: Tributary—Cremera • 2. RIVER OF EMPIRE • Naumachia • Villas • Augustus and His Tomb • A Million Mouths to Feed • Annona, or the Dole • Eighth Hill of Rome • Stones • How to Shift an Obelisk • Canals • Boats • Suicide • Lurid Tales of Nero • Trajan and His Port • Hadrian and His Tomb • Later Mad Emperors • INTERLUDE: Tributary—Anio • 3. CHRISTIAN TIBER • Crisis of the Third Century • Zenobia • Constantine and the Milvian Bridge • A Million More Mouths • Symmachus at Law • Julian the Apostate • Alaric the Goth • Hadrian’s Tomb Undone • Barbarians at the Gates • Sidonius Apollinaris • Belisarius’s Mills • Procopius the Tourist • Dragons • Gregory the Great • Saracens • Laban/Balan • Formosus • Pornocracy • INTERLUDE: Tributary—Nera • 4. DARKNESS AND LIGHT • Pope Joan • Copper Bottom • Prophecy of Malachy • Nero—Frogs, Nuts, and Dams • Dante at Ostia • Cola di Rienzo • Holy Years • Of Law and the River • Pontius Pilate • Martin and Eugenius • Isola Sacra • Pius II Takes a Cruise • Mattei and i Soldati Rossi • Papstesel • INTERLUDE: Tributary—Clitumnus • 5. RENAISSANCE • Death of a Borgia • Zambo • Papal Boats • The Richest Man in Rome • Water Carriers • Potabile o non potabile? • Paolo Giovio and His Book of Fish • Julius II and Urban Renewal • Bartolomeo Brandano • Cellini, the Sack of Rome, a Flood, and Prison • Two Popes, Three Bridges, Four Heads • Agnus Dei • Michelangelo and His Bridge • Grasshoppers • Sport and Spectacle • Two French Poets • Floods • La Pimpaccia di Piazza Navona • Pope Leo’s Elephant • INTERLUDE: Tributary—Chiana • 6. MODERN TIMES • Ostia and Portus Redux • Porto di Ripetta • Four French Painters • The Duchess of Kingston • Treasure • In Search of Jewish Gold • Fireworks • Airborne • Mastro Titta, Er dilettante de Ponte • Some Italian Poets • French Polish • English Rose • I Sacconi Rossi • Fishing for Wood • Pius IX • Toto Bigio • Waterborne • Airborne Two • Two War Stories • EPILOGUE. Tevere incatenato • Acknowledgments • Notes • Select Bibliography • Index