
A day in old Rome
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About This Book
Descriptions of daily Roman life including details about marriage, homes, food, costume, slaves, physicians, and libraries
Chapters (493)(click to expand)
- A DAY IN OLD ROME
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I THE GENERAL ASPECT OF THE CITY
- CHAPTER II STREETS AND STREET LIFE
- CHAPTER III THE HOMES OF THE LOWLY AND OF THE MIGHTY
- CHAPTER IV ROMAN WOMEN AND ROMAN MARRIAGES
- CHAPTER V COSTUME AND PERSONAL ADORNMENT
- CHAPTER VI FOOD AND DRINK. HOW THE DAY IS SPENT. THE DINNER
- CHAPTER VII THE SOCIAL ORDERS: THE SLAVES
- CHAPTER VIII THE SOCIAL ORDERS: FREEDMEN, PROVINCIALS, PLEBEIANS, AND NOBLES
- CHAPTER IX PHYSICIANS AND FUNERALS
- CHAPTER X CHILDREN AND SCHOOLING
- CHAPTER XI BOOKS AND LIBRARIES
- CHAPTER XII ECONOMIC LIFE OF ROME: I. BANKING, SHOPS, AND INNS
- CHAPTER XIII ECONOMIC LIFE OF ROME: II. THE INDUSTRIAL QUARTERS. THE GRAIN TRADE. OSTIA. THE TRADE GUILDS
- CHAPTER XIV THE FORA, THEIR LIFE AND BUILDINGS. THE DAILY JOURNAL
- CHAPTER XV THE PALATINE AND THE PALACE OF THE CÆSARS. THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES, AND THE POLICE AND CITY GOVERNMENT OF ROME
- CHAPTER XVI THE PRÆTORIAN CAMP. THE IMPERIAL WAR MACHINE
- CHAPTER XVII THE SENATE: A SESSION AND A DEBATE
- CHAPTER XVIII THE COURTS AND THE ORATORS. THE GREAT BATHS. THE PUBLIC PARKS AND ENVIRONS OF ROME
- CHAPTER XIX THE PUBLIC GAMES: THE THEATER, THE CIRCUS, AND THE AMPHITHEATER
- CHAPTER XX THE ROMAN RELIGION: THE PRIESTHOODS, THE VESTAL VIRGINS
- CHAPTER XXI THE FOREIGN CULTS: CYBELE, ISIS, MITHRAS. THE CHRISTIANS IN PAGAN EYES
- CHAPTER XXII A ROMAN VILLA. THE LOVE OF THE COUNTRY
- CHAPTER XXIII THE RETURN OF THE EMPEROR
- INDEX
- FOOTNOTES:
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