Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D.Pennell, Robert F.
History
Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D.
Pennell, Robert F.
Rome -- History
1. The Senate, headed by the magistrates. 2. A troop of trumpeters. 3.
Carts laden with spoils, often very costly and numerous. 4. A body of
flute-players. 5. White bulls and oxen for sacrifice. 6. Elephants and
rare animals from the conquered countries. 7. The arms and insignia
of the leaders of the conquered enemy. 8. The leaders themselves, with
their relatives and other captives. 9. The lictors of the Imperator
in single file, their fasces wreathed with laurel. 10. The Imperator
himself, in a circular chariot drawn by four horses. He was attired in
a gold-embroidered robe, and a flowered tunic; he held a laurel bough in
his right hand, a sceptre in his left, and his brow was encircled with a
laurel wreath. 11. The grown up sons and officers of the Imperator. 12.
The whole body of infantry, with spears adorned with laurel.
The OVATION was a sort of smaller triumph. The commander entered the
city on foot, or in later times on horseback. He was clothed in a
purple-bordered robe. His head was crowned with laurel, and a sheep
(_ovis_) was sacrificed, instead of a bull as in the case of a triumph.
POMOERIUM.
The Pomoerium was the sacred enclosure of the city, inside of which no
person holding the _Imperium_ was allowed to enter. It did not always
run parallel to the city walls.
NAMES.
Every man in Rome had three names. The given name (_praenomen_), as
Lucius, Marcus, Gaius. The name of the gens (_nomen_), as Cornelius,
Tullius, Julius. The name of the family (_cognomen_), as Scipio, Cicero,
Caesar. To these names was sometimes added another, the _agnomen_, given
for some exploit, or to show that the person was adopted from some
other gens. Thus Scipio the elder was called AFRICANUS, and all his
descendants had the right to the name. Africanus the younger was adopted
from the Cornelian gens into the Aemilian gens; therefore he added to
his other names AEMILIANUS.
The women were called only by the name of their gens. The daughter of
Scipio was called, for example, CORNELIA, and to distinguish her from
others of the Cornelian gens she was called Cornelia daughter of Scipio.
If there were more than one daughter, to the name of the eldest was
added _prima_ (first), to that of the next, _secunda_ (second), etc.
MARRIAGE.
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