A day in old RomeFront matterReading editionChapter navigation28 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterA DAY IN OLD ROMEPREFACEILLUSTRATIONSChapter I · THE GENERAL ASPECT OF THE CITYChapter II · STREETS AND STREET LIFEChapter III · THE HOMES OF THE LOWLY AND OF THE MIGHTYChapter IV · ROMAN WOMEN AND ROMAN MARRIAGESChapter V · COSTUME AND PERSONAL ADORNMENTChapter VI · FOOD AND DRINK. HOW THE DAY IS SPENT. THE DINNERChapter VII · THE SOCIAL ORDERS: THE SLAVESChapter VIII · THE SOCIAL ORDERS: FREEDMEN, PROVINCIALS, PLEBEIANS, AND NOBLESChapter IX · PHYSICIANS AND FUNERALSChapter X · CHILDREN AND SCHOOLINGChapter XI · BOOKS AND LIBRARIESChapter XII · ECONOMIC LIFE OF ROME: I. BANKING, SHOPS, AND INNSChapter XIII · ECONOMIC LIFE OF ROME: II. THE INDUSTRIAL QUARTERS. THE GRAIN TRADE. OSTIA. THE TRADE GUILDSChapter XIV · THE FORA, THEIR LIFE AND BUILDINGS. THE DAILY JOURNALChapter XV · THE PALATINE AND THE PALACE OF THE CÆSARS. THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES, AND THE POLICE AND CITY GOVERNMENT OF ROMEChapter XVI · THE PRÆTORIAN CAMP. THE IMPERIAL WAR MACHINEChapter XVII · THE SENATE: A SESSION AND A DEBATEChapter XVIII · THE COURTS AND THE ORATORS. THE GREAT BATHS. THE PUBLIC PARKS AND ENVIRONS OF ROMEChapter XIX · THE PUBLIC GAMES: THE THEATER, THE CIRCUS, AND THE AMPHITHEATERChapter XX · THE ROMAN RELIGION: THE PRIESTHOODS, THE VESTAL VIRGINSChapter XXI · THE FOREIGN CULTS: CYBELE, ISIS, MITHRAS. THE CHRISTIANS IN PAGAN EYESChapter XXII · A ROMAN VILLA. THE LOVE OF THE COUNTRYChapter XXIII · THE RETURN OF THE EMPERORINDEXBeginning of this editionNext chapter →A DAY IN OLD ROMEAll chapters and sections (28)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsA DAY IN OLD ROMEPREFACEILLUSTRATIONSChapters1234567891011121314151617181920212223Other sectionsINDEXInterior of Great Public Baths in Imperial Rome.◇Restoration according to Von Falke.◇A DAY IN OLD ROME →