Table of Contents

List of Illustrations vii

Acknowledgments x

Introduction 1

1 Exemplary Romans in the Early Republic 9

2 Working Men’s Heroes 34

3 Rome and the Politics of Slavery 70

4 Corporate Caesars and Radical Reformers 98

5 Manifest Virtue 122

6 The Pleasures of Empire 150

7 Screening Rome During the Great Depression 186

8 Cold War Romans 208

9 Imperial Consumption 229

Epilogue 253

Bibliography 261

Filmography 279

Index 280

About the Author

THE AUTHOR

MARGARET MALAMUD is associate professor of ancient history and Islamic Studies at New Mexico State University. She is co-editor of Imperial Projections: Ancient Rome in Modern Popular Culture (2001).

Reviews

"Malamud’s analysis provides a key to understanding why the US party system aligns itself with certain issues. To be read by all Americans, as history or a warning. [It is] not just another United States as New Rome, but [has] clear, meaningful comparisons. [It] clarifies our current political trajectory." (About.com (Ancient History Guide), November 2008)