A Day in Old Rome
by William Stearns Davis
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About this eBook
- Author
- Davis, William Stearns, 1877-1930
- Title
- A day in old Rome : a picture of Roman life
- Original Publication
- Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1925.
- Credits
- Aaron Adrignola, Tim Lindell, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DG: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Italy, Vatican City, Malta
- Subject
- Rome -- Social life and customs
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 76087
- Release Date
- May 14, 2025
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.A DAY IN OLD ROME
- 3.PREFACE
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.ILLUSTRATIONS
- 6.CHAPTER I THE GENERAL ASPECT OF THE CITY
- 7.CHAPTER II STREETS AND STREET LIFE
- 8.CHAPTER III THE HOMES OF THE LOWLY AND OF THE MIGHTY
- 9.CHAPTER IV ROMAN WOMEN AND ROMAN MARRIAGES
- 10.CHAPTER V COSTUME AND PERSONAL ADORNMENT
- 11.CHAPTER VI FOOD AND DRINK. HOW THE DAY IS SPENT. THE DINNER
- 12.CHAPTER VII THE SOCIAL ORDERS: THE SLAVES
- 13.CHAPTER VIII THE SOCIAL ORDERS: FREEDMEN, PROVINCIALS, PLEBEIANS, AND NOBLES
- 14.CHAPTER IX PHYSICIANS AND FUNERALS
- 15.CHAPTER X CHILDREN AND SCHOOLING
- 16.CHAPTER XI BOOKS AND LIBRARIES
- 17.CHAPTER XII ECONOMIC LIFE OF ROME: I. BANKING, SHOPS, AND INNS
- 18.CHAPTER XIII ECONOMIC LIFE OF ROME: II. THE INDUSTRIAL QUARTERS. THE GRAIN TRADE. OSTIA. THE TRADE GUILDS
- 19.CHAPTER XIV THE FORA, THEIR LIFE AND BUILDINGS. THE DAILY JOURNAL
- 20.CHAPTER XV THE PALATINE AND THE PALACE OF THE CÆSARS. THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES, AND THE POLICE AND CITY GOVERNMENT OF ROME
- 21.CHAPTER XVI THE PRÆTORIAN CAMP. THE IMPERIAL WAR MACHINE
- 22.CHAPTER XVII THE SENATE: A SESSION AND A DEBATE
- 23.CHAPTER XVIII THE COURTS AND THE ORATORS. THE GREAT BATHS. THE PUBLIC PARKS AND ENVIRONS OF ROME
- 24.CHAPTER XIX THE PUBLIC GAMES: THE THEATER, THE CIRCUS, AND THE AMPHITHEATER
- 25.CHAPTER XX THE ROMAN RELIGION: THE PRIESTHOODS, THE VESTAL VIRGINS
- 26.CHAPTER XXI THE FOREIGN CULTS: CYBELE, ISIS, MITHRAS. THE CHRISTIANS IN PAGAN EYES
- 27.CHAPTER XXII A ROMAN VILLA. THE LOVE OF THE COUNTRY
- 28.CHAPTER XXIII THE RETURN OF THE EMPEROR
- 29.INDEX — FOOTNOTES:
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