122. The Status of Provincials. The Case of Jesus 143 123. Great Alien Colonies in Rome 145 124. The Roman Plebeians, the “Mob” (_Vulgus_) 145 125. The Desirability of Roman Citizenship. The Case of St. Paul 146 126. Clientage: Its Oldest Form 147 127. The New Parasitical Clientage: the Morning Salutation 148 128. The Dole to Clients (the _Sportula_) 150 129. Attendance by Clients in Public. Insults They Must Undergo 151 130. The Decurions: the Notables of the Chartered Cities 152 131. The Equites: the Nobles of the Second Class 153 132. Qualifications and Honors of the Equites 154 133. Review of the Equites. Pretenders to the Rank 156 134. The Senatorial Order. The First-Class Nobility 156 135. Social Glories of Senators 157 136. The Senatorial Aristocracy Greater than the Senate 158 137. Insignia, Qualifications, and Titles of Senators 158 Chapter IX. Physicians and Funerals 138. Scanty Qualifications and Training of Doctors 160 139. Superior Class of Physicians 161 140. A Fashionable Doctor 161 141. Medical Books and Famous Remedies 163 142. Absurd Medicines. Theriac 164 143. Fear of Poisoning. Popularity of Antidotes 165 144. Medical Students, “Disciples,” Beauty Specialists 166 145. Cheap Doctors: No Hospitals 167 146. Suicide as Escape from Hopeless Disease 168 147. Execution of Wills. Numerous Legacies Customary 169 148. Regular Incomes from Legacies. Professional Legacy Hunters 171 149. Public Bequests 172 150. Great Funerals Very Fashionable. Desire to Be Remembered after Death 172 151. Preliminaries to a Funeral 173 152. The Funeral Procession. The Display of Masked “Ancestors” 174 153. The Exhibits in the Procession. The Retinue around the Bier 175 154. The Funeral Oration in the Forum 176 155. Family Tombs. The _Columbarium_ and the Garden 177 156. The Funeral Pyre and Its Ceremonies 180