Contents
Abbreviations
Introduction: The Republican Aventine—the Plebeian District Par Excellence?
Chapter 1. Aventine Withdrawal: Geographies of Secession
Chapter 2. Land Confiscation on the Aventine: Ager Publicus and the Lex Icilia de Aventino Publicando
Chapter 3. The Aventine’s Development and Residents: Non Alter Populus
Chapter 4. The Aventine’s Residents in the Archaeological Record: Promisce Urbs Aedificata
Chapter 5. Zoning Rome’s Residents
Conclusion: “Plebs Habitat Diversa Locis”
Epilogue: Modern Secessions of Conscience—Constructing the Plebeian Aventine
Appendixes
Appendix 1: Ceres, the So-Called Aventine Triad, and the Case of Mistaken Geography
Appendix 2: The Authenticity of Dionysius’ Archaic Bronze Stele and Its Contents
Works Cited
Index