Do theories of the ancient city matter? / C.R. Whittaker -- The limits of the ancient city and the evolution of the medieval city in the thought of Max Weber / L. Capogrossi Colognesi -- Public honour and private shame : the urban texture of Pompeii / Andrew Wallace-Hadrill -- The organization of space in Pompeii / Ray Laurence -- The Insula of the Paintings at Ostia i.4.2-4 : paradigm for a city in flux / Janet DeLaine -- Urban elites and cultural definition : Romanization in southern Italy / Kathryn Lomas -- Warfare and urbanization in Roman Italy / T.J. Cornell -- Religion and rusticity / J.A. North -- The Roman villa and the landscape of production / Nicholas Purcell -- The idea of the city and the excavations at Pompeii / Martin Goalen -- "Slouching towards Rome" : Mussolini's imperial vision / Luisa Quartermaine