| List of Plates | |
| List of Figures and Tables | |
| Preface | |
| Note on Form of References to Houses | |
| Pt. I | The Social Structure of The Roman House | |
| Ch. 1 | Reading the Roman House | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | The Language of Public and Private | 17 |
| Ch. 3 | The Articulation of the House | 38 |
| Pt. II | Sampling Pompeii and Herculaneum | |
| Ch. 4 | Houses and Urban Texture | 65 |
| Ch. 5 | Houses and Households | 91 |
| Ch. 6 | Houses and Trade | 118 |
| Ch. 7 | Luxury and Status | 143 |
| Ch. 8 | Epilogue | 175 |
| Appendix: List of Houses Surveyed | 187 |
| Notes | 217 |
| Glossary | 231 |
| Bibliography | 233 |
| Index | 241 |