A day in old Rome

25 chapters

1. 1PREFACE5m
2. 2CHAPTER I THE GENERAL ASPECT OF THE CITY27m
3. 3CHAPTER II STREETS AND STREET LIFE37m
4. 4CHAPTER III THE HOMES OF THE LOWLY AND OF THE MIGHTY47m
5. 5CHAPTER IV ROMAN WOMEN AND ROMAN MARRIAGES42m
6. 6CHAPTER V COSTUME AND PERSONAL ADORNMENT37m
7. 7CHAPTER VI FOOD AND DRINK. HOW THE DAY IS SPENT. THE DINNER45m
8. 8CHAPTER VII THE SOCIAL ORDERS: THE SLAVES37m
9. 9CHAPTER VIII THE SOCIAL ORDERS: FREEDMEN, PROVINCIALS, PLEBEIANS, AND NOBLES47m
10. 10CHAPTER IX PHYSICIANS AND FUNERALS48m
11. 11CHAPTER X CHILDREN AND SCHOOLING50m
12. 12CHAPTER XI BOOKS AND LIBRARIES27m
13. 13CHAPTER XII ECONOMIC LIFE OF ROME: I. BANKING, SHOPS, AND INNS36m
14. 14CHAPTER XIII ECONOMIC LIFE OF ROME: II. THE INDUSTRIAL QUARTERS. THE GRAIN TRADE. OSTIA. THE TRADE GUILDS30m
15. 15CHAPTER XIV THE FORA, THEIR LIFE AND BUILDINGS. THE DAILY JOURNAL56m
16. 16CHAPTER XV THE PALATINE AND THE PALACE OF THE CÆSARS. THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES, AND THE POLICE AND CITY GOVERNMENT OF ROME42m
17. 17CHAPTER XVI THE PRÆTORIAN CAMP. THE IMPERIAL WAR MACHINE50m
18. 18CHAPTER XVII THE SENATE: A SESSION AND A DEBATE40m
19. 19CHAPTER XVIII THE COURTS AND THE ORATORS. THE GREAT BATHS. THE PUBLIC PARKS AND ENVIRONS OF ROME40m
20. 20CHAPTER XIX THE PUBLIC GAMES: THE THEATER, THE CIRCUS, AND THE AMPHITHEATER54m
21. 21Chapter 2212m
22. 22CHAPTER XX THE ROMAN RELIGION: THE PRIESTHOODS, THE VESTAL VIRGINS60m
23. 23CHAPTER XXI THE FOREIGN CULTS: CYBELE, ISIS, MITHRAS. THE CHRISTIANS IN PAGAN EYES30m
24. 24CHAPTER XXII A ROMAN VILLA. THE LOVE OF THE COUNTRY26m
25. 25CHAPTER XXIII THE RETURN OF THE EMPEROR14m

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