Preface
List of abbreviations
List of plates
1. Oligarchy of virtue - liberty and the Roman analogy
Civic virtue and the Roman analogy
Literary personae: Pope, Swift, Johnson, Thomson, Fielding, Burke
2. Virtue made visible - sensibility, sculpture, political gardens and temples
3. Britannia Romana - Romano-British archaeology: pioneers
The Roman Knights and the recruitment of the aristocracy
Architect as archaeologist: Burlington
4. Britannia Romana revived - architecture, collections, the numinous in landscape and house
5. Beyond the mainstream: classical nostalgia and freethinking
Conclusion
Appendix: books on archaeology owned by Burlington: an annotated shelf-list
Bibliography
Notes
Index.
