[...]... stood on the Janiculum, and looked down on the river and the city, and across the Latin plain to the Alban mountain and the long line of hills the last spurs of the Apennines— enclosing the plain to the north, can fail to realise that Rome was originally an outpost of the Latins, her kinsmen and confederates, against the powerful and uncanny Etruscan race who dwelt in the undulating hill country to the. .. DIOMEDES AT POMPEII PLAN OF A TRICLINIUM MAP ROME IN THE LAST YEARS OF THE REPUBLIC At end of Volume Translations of passages in foreign languages in this book will be found in the Appendix following page 362 CHAPTER I TOPOGRAPHICAL The modern traveller of to-day arriving at Rome by rail drives to his hotel through the uninteresting streets of a modern town, and thence finds his way to the Forum and the. .. supported by State; by private individuals; admission free; Circus maximus and chariot-racing; gladiators at funeral games; stage-plays at ludi; political feeling expressed at the theatre; decadence of tragedy in Cicero' s time; the first permanent theatre, 55 B.C.; opening of Pompey's theatre; Cicero' s account of it; the great actors of Cicero' s day: Aesopus; Roscius; the farces; Publilius Syrus and the mime... dominate the whole of Italy; how she advanced up the Tiber valley and its affluents into the heart of the Apennines, and southward into the Oscan country of Samnium and the rich plain of Campania A glance at the map of Italy will show us at once how apt is Livy's remark that Rome was placed in the centre of the peninsula.[6] That peninsula looks as if it were cleft in twain by the Tiber, or in other words,... lines; his monotheistic conception of Jupiter Capitolinus; the Stoic Jupiter a legal rather than a moral deity; Jupiter in the Aeneid; superstition of the age; belief in portents, visions, etc.; ideas of immortality; sense of sin, or despair of the future EPILOGUE INDEX ILLUSTRATIONS PLAN OF HOUSE OF THE SILVER WEDDING AT POMPEII MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE POSITION OF CICERO' S VILLAS PLAN OF THE VILLA OF. .. porterage; precarious condition of labour; fluctuation of markets; want of a good bankruptcy law CHAPTER III THE MEN OF BUSINESS AND THEIR METHODS Meaning of equester ordo; how the capitalist came by his money; example of Atticus; incoming of wealth after Hannibalic war; suddenness of this; rise of a capitalist class; the contractors; the public contracting companies; in the age and writings of Cicero; their... above the river, and this was the first of the hills of Rome to be impressed on the mind of the stranger, by the tale of Hercules and Cacus which Evander tells his guest In front, but close by, was the long western flank of the Palatine hill, where, when the tale had been told and the rites of Hercules completed, Aeneas was to be shown the cave of the Lupercal; and again to the left, approaching the. ..view of Forum; religious buildings at eastern end of Forum; Forum and its buildings in Cicero' s time; ascent to the Capitol; temple of Jupiter and the view from it CHAPTER II THE LOWER POPULATION Spread of the city outside original centre; the plebs dwelt mainly in the lower ground; little known about its life: indifference of literary men; housing: the insulae; no sign of home life; bad condition of these... heart and life of the city as it was to be, all that lay under the steep sides of the three almost isolated hills, the Capitoline, Palatine, and Aventine The poet knew that he need not extend their walk to the other so-called hills, which come down as spurs from the plain of the Campagna,—Quirinal, Esquiline, Caelian Densely populated as those were in his own day, they were not essential organs of social. .. later; dinner-parties: the triclinium; drinking after dinner; Cicero' s indifference to the table; his entertainment of Caesar at Cumae CHAPTER X HOLIDAYS AND PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS The Italian festa, ancient and modern; meaning of the word feriae; change in its meaning; holidays of plebs; festival of Anna Perenua; The Saturnalia; the ludi and their origin; ludi Romani and plebeii; other ludi; supported by . class="bi x0 y0 w0 h0" alt="" The Project Gutenberg EBook of Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by W. Warde Fowler This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions. whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www .gutenberg. net Title: Social life at Rome in the. the Age of Cicero Author: W. Warde Fowler Release Date: February 24, 2004 [EBook #11256] Language: English *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SOCIAL LIFE AT ROME *** Produced by Ted Garvin,