288. The Gathering of the Senators 339 289. Opening the Session: Taking the Auspices 340 290. Presentation of Routine Business: Taking a Formal Vote 341 291. Presenting an Impeachment at a Senate Trial 342 292. The Water Clocks; Method of a Prosecutor; Applause in the Senate 344 293. Speech for the Defendant: Methods of a Professional Advocate 345 294. Concluding Speeches; Interrupting Shouts; Personal Invectives 347 295. Taking the Opinion of the Senate 348 296. An Uproar in the Senate: An “Altercation” 350 297. Taking a Vote of the Senate. A Sentence of Banishment 351 Chapter XVIII. The Courts and the Orators. The Great Baths. The Public Parks and Environs of Rome 298. Roman Court Procedure Highly Scientific 353 299. The Great Tribunals in the Basilicas 354 300. Great Stress on Advocacy 355 301. Cheap Pettifogging Lawyers 356 302. Character Witnesses; Torture of Slave Witnesses 357 303. Written Evidence; High Development of the Advocate’s Art 357 304. Popularity and Necessity of the Baths 358 305. Luxurious Private Baths 359 306. Government and Privately Owned Public Baths: Both Very Popular 360 307. The Great Baths of Trajan: Baths, Club-House, and Café 361 308. Heterogeneous Crowds in the Great Baths 362 309. Entering the Thermæ 363 310. Interior of the Baths: the Cold Room (_Frigidarium_) 364 311. The Great Swimming Pool and the _Tepidarium_ 365 312. The Hot Baths (_Caldaria_): Their Sensuous Luxury 366 313. Restaurants, Small Shops, and Sports in or around the Baths 367 314. The Great Porticoes along the Campus Martius. The Park System towards the Tiber 368 315. Public Buildings upon the Campus Martius 369 316. The Tombs of Hadrian and Augustus 370 Chapter XIX. The Public Games: the Theater, the Circus, and the Amphitheater 317. Roman Festivals: Their Great Number 374 318. Passion for Public Spectacles: Mania for Gambling 375