Part I Image and Reality: Rome and Constantine ; The Christianization of Rome and the Romanization of Christianity ; The Times of Gregory the Great ; Rome between East and West ; Renewal and Renascence : the Carolingian Age ; Realities, ideologies, and rhetoric ; The new rebirth of Rome : the Twelfth Century ; The Thirteenth Century : an epilogue --

Part II Forma Urbis Romae Medievalis: The evidence ; The inheritance ; Growth of the Borgo ; The Abitato ; Houses, towers, and mansions ; The Disabitato and the Lateran ; Chronological list of Popes