Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Topography and History -- Location and Topography -- Boundaries -- The Original Owner: C. Sallustius Crispus -- Inheritors of Sallust's Gardens -- Imperial Properties -- Plantings in Garden Estates -- The Hortus as Self-Display -- Post-Antique Period -- The Ludovisi -- Josef Spithoever -- The 1880's "Building Fever" and Its Aftermath -- Part II. The Architecture of the Gardens -- The Destailleur Plan and Pertinent Ancient Remains -- The "Vestibule" in the Piazza Sallustio -- An Obelisk -- Wall(s) of Niches -- A Cryptoporticus -- The So-Called Circus of Flora -- Temples of Venus -- Part III. Sculptural Finds -- Artemis, Iphigenia, and a Hind -- Niobids -- Gauls -- The World of Dionysos -- "Nymphs" and Candelabra -- The Ludovisi and Boston "Thrones" -- Ludovisi "Throne": Discovery and Early Theories -- Boston "Throne": Discovery and Early Reports -- Use and Reuse -- Egyptian Sculptures -- Sculptures Found in 1888 Near the via Boncompagni -- Orestes and Electra -- Addendum. The Templum Gentis Flaviae and the Three Temples of Fortune -- Afterword -- Notes -- Introduction -- I. Topography and History -- II. The Architecture of the Gardens -- III. Sculptural Finds -- Addendum -- Abbreviations of Periodicals and Series -- Bibliographic Abbreviations -- Illustration Credits -- Index.