A day in old Rome
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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
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