Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Abbreviations xvii
6. Introduction xix
7. Chapter 1 Impossible Engineering 1
8. Chapter 2 Territorial Politics 15
9. Chapter 3 Epistemic Credibility 36
10. Chapter 4 New Rome Confronts Old Gaul 60
11. Chapter 5 Shifting Sands 91
12. Chapter 6 The New Romans 117
13. Chapter 7 Thinking Like a King 154
14. Chapter 8 Monumental Achievement 176
15. Chapter 9 Powers of Impersonal Rule 203
16. Notes 229
17. Bibliography 277
18. Index 293