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Intro -- Title -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One Directory -- One Triumphus -- Two The Land of the Nile -- Three Pontifex Maximus -- Part Two Consulate -- One The Etruscans -- Two Caesar's Friend -- Three Napoleon's Eye -- Four Parisii -- Part Three Imperium -- One Carolus Magnus -- Two Charlemagne's Honors -- Three The Sacre -- Four King of Italy -- Part Four A New Rome -- One Columns of Conquest -- Two Arches of Triumph -- Three Temple to the Grande Armée -- Four Coining an Empire -- Part Five Principate -- One Curia Regis -- Two A Family of Kings -- Three Venus Victrix -- Four Carrara -- Part Six Capital of the Universe -- One Abduction -- Two Trophy Wife -- Three Breakfast with Napoleon -- Part Seven Dynasty -- One The Eaglet -- Two In Memorium -- Three Mars the Peacemaker -- Part Eight The Fall -- One The Golden Prison -- Two Retrenchment -- Three Funeral of the Empire -- Part Nine Legacy -- One A Moral Lesson -- Two Exiles and Heroes -- Three Res Gestae -- Postscript -- Illustration Credits -- Bibliography -- Endnotes -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations Insert -- Index -- Copyright.

A monumental cultural history of Napoleon Bonaparte's fascinationwith antiquity and how it shaped Paris' artistic landscape.