Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 Embodying the statue: Silvae 1.1 and 4.6; CHAPTER 3 Engendering the house: Silvae 1.2 and 3.4; CHAPTER 4 Imperial pastoral: Vopiscus' villa in Silvae 1.3; CHAPTER 5 Dominating nature: Pollius' villa in Silvae 2.2; CHAPTER 6 Reading the Thebaid: Silvae 1.5; CHAPTER 7 The emperor's Saturnalia: Silvae 1.6; CHAPTER 8 Dining with the emperor: Silvae 4.2; CHAPTER 9 Building the imperial highway: Silvae 4.3; References; Index locorum; Index of subjects and proper names.