The Common People of Ancient Rome
by Frank Frost Abbott
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About this eBook
- Author
- Abbott, Frank Frost, 1860-1924
- Title
- The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature
- Credits
- Produced by Distributed Proofreaders
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DG: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Italy, Vatican City, Malta
- Subject
- Rome -- Social conditions
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 13226
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13226
- Release Date
- August 19, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.The Common People of Ancient Rome — Studies of Roman Life and Literature — Frank Frost Abbott — New York Charles Scribner's Sons — Prefatory Note — Contents — The Common People of Ancient Rome
- 2.How Latin Became the Language of the World
- 3.The Latin of the Common People — The Oath of Strasburg of 842
- 4.The Poetry of the Common People of Rome — I. Their Metrical Epitaphs — II. Their Dedicatory and Ephemeral Verses
- 5.The Origin of the Realistic Romance among the Romans
- 6.Diocletian's Edict and the High Cost of Living — Extracts from Diocletian's List of Maximum Prices — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — XVI — XVII — XVIII — XIX — XX — XXI — XXII — XXIII — XXIV — XXV — XXVI — XXX — Articles of Food 90 — Wages Per Day
- 7.Private Benefactions and Their Effect on the Municipal Life of the Romans
- 8.Some Reflections on Corporations and Trades-Guilds
- 9.A Roman Politician — (Gaius Scribonius Curio)
- 10.Gaius Matius, a Friend of Cæsar — " Non enim Cæsarem ... sum secutus, sed amicum ." — Index — Footnotes
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