Ancient Rome and Modern America

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

1. Exemplary Romans in the Early Republic.

2. Working Men’s Heroes.

3. Rome and the Politics of Slavery.

4. Corporate Caesars and Radical Reformers.

5. Manifest Virtue.

6. The Pleasures of Empire.

7. Screening Rome During the Great Depression.

8. Cold War Romans.

9. Imperial Consumption.

Epilogue.

Bibliography.

Filmography.

Index