Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul
by T. G. Tucker
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About this eBook
- Author
- Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George), 1859-1946
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Ted Garvin, Keith M. Eckrich, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DG: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Italy, Vatican City, Malta
- Subject
- Rome -- Social conditions
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 12875
- Release Date
- July 10, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.PREFACE — CONTENTS — INTRODUCTION — I EXTENT AND SECURITY OF THE EMPIRE — MAPS AND PLANS: — INTRODUCTION
- 2.CHAPTER I
- 3.CHAPTER II — TRAVEL WITHIN THE EMPIRE
- 4.CHAPTER III — A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE PROVINCES
- 5.CHAPTER IV — THE IMPERIAL SYSTEM: EMPEROR, SENATE, KNIGHTS, AND PEOPLE
- 6.CHAPTER V — NERO THE EMPEROR
- 7.CHAPTER VI — ADMINISTRATION AND TAXATION OF THE EMPIRE
- 8.CHAPTER VII — ROME: THE IMPERIAL CITY
- 9.CHAPTER VIII — STREETS, WATER-SUPPLY, AND BUILDING MATERIAL
- 10.CHAPTER IX — THE ROMAN TOWN HOUSE
- 11.CHAPTER X — THE COUNTRY HOMESTEAD AND COUNTRY SEAT
- 12.CHAPTER XI — ROMAN FURNITURE
- 13.CHAPTER XII — SOCIAL DAY OF A ROMAN ARISTOCRAT—MORNING
- 14.CHAPTER XIII
- 15.CHAPTER XIV — LIFE IN THE MIDDLE AND LOWER CLASSES
- 16.CHAPTER XV — HOLIDAYS AND AMUSEMENTS: THEATRE, CIRCUS, AMPHITHEATRE
- 17.CHAPTER XVI — THE WOMEN: MARRIAGE, THE ROMAN MATRON, AND HER DRESS
- 18.CHAPTER XVII — CHILDREN AND EDUCATION — CHAPTER XVIII — THE ARMY: MILITARY SERVICE: PUBLIC CAREER
- 19.CHAPTER XIX — ROMAN RELIGION—STATE AND INDIVIDUAL
- 20.CHAPTER XX — STUDY AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AMONG THE ROMANS
- 21.CHAPTER XXI — PHILOSOPHY—STOICS AND EPICUREANS
- 22.CHAPTER XXII — THE ROMAN PROFUSION OP ART
- 23.CHAPTER XXIII — THE LAST SCENE OF ALL—BURIAL AND TOMBS
- 24.INDEX
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