Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Introduction: A FURIOUS BEGINNING xv
5. PART I. PREEXISTING CONDITIONS
6. 1 ROME’S FRAGILE PEACE 1
7. 2 THE DRY TINDER OF DISEASE 24
8. 3 RUMORS OF DEATH 56
9. PART II OUTBREAK
10. 4 PLAGUE UNLEASHED 75
11. 5 THE AGE OF ANGST 111
12. 6 AN EMPIRE EXHAUSTED 143
13. PART III CASUALTIES
14. 7 REDUX? 183
15. 8 THE END OF AN ERA 213
16. EPILOGUE: THE SPIRIT OF PANDEMIC 233
17. Acknowledgments 241
18. Notes 243
19. Bibliography 271
20. Index 301