Social life at Rome in the Age of CiceroFowler, W. Warde (William Warde)
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Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero
Fowler, W. Warde (William Warde)
Rome -- Social life and customs
Valerius Maximus
Varro
Varro, Terentius (consul)
Veii
Velabrum, the
Velia, the
_Venationes_
Venus Victrix, temple of
Verres
Vesta; temple of
Vestal Virgins
Veterans, Roman
Via Aurelia; Appia; Collatina; Latina; Sacra
Victoriae, Ludi. See Ludi Victoriae
Vicus Tuscus
_Vilicus_
_Villa pseudurbana_
Vinalia, the
_Vindicta_
Virgil
Voconia, lex
Water-clocks, introduction of
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APPENDIX
Page 1, l. 12. _totam aestimare Romam_: to appreciate Rome in its
entirety.
Page 3, l. 12. _Hinc ad Tarpeiam_, etc.: he leads him next to the
Tarpeian Rock and to the Capitol, now of gold, once thick with wild
bushes.
Page 4, l. 24. _Hinc septem_, etc.: from here you may see the seven
hills of the sovereign city, and appreciate Rome as a whole, the Alban
and the Tusculan hills, and all the cool suburban retreats.
Page 10, l. 1. _rerum_, etc. Rome became a supreme thing of beauty.
Page 10, l. 13. _nativa praesidia_: natural defences.
Page 10, l. 21. _regionum_, etc. A site in the middle of Italy,
singularly fitted by nature for the development of the city.
Page 17, l. 2. _nec ferrea_, etc.: nor has he seen the hardships of
the law, the mad forum, or the archives of the people.
Page 22, l. 2. _Ille, ille_, etc.: he it was, Jupiter himself, who
withstood the attack, he who willed it that the Capitol, that these
temples, that the whole city and you all should be safe.
Page 29, footnote 1. _in montibus_, etc.: built between mountains and
valleys, raised and almost suspended on high, through the stones of
its buildings, with its back streets.
Page 39, l. 6. _ubi semel_, etc.: he who has once strayed from the
right path will come to calamity.
Page 52, l. 11. _lanificium_: the working of wool.
Page 55, l. 26. _graffiti_: ancient scribblings, scratched, painted,
or otherwise marked on a wall, column, tablet, or other surface.
Page 61, l. 4. _quaestio de repetundis_: court for extortion.
Page 64, l. 15. _familiarem_, etc.: intimate with L. Lucullus,
wealthy, of intractable character.
Page 73, l. 14. _qui de censoribus_, etc.: whosoever shall have
secured a contract from the censors shall not be accepted as associate
or shareholder.
Page 73, footnote 2. _Asiatici_, etc.: of the public revenue of Asia,
he had a very small share.
Page 91, l. 3. _fortissimus_, etc.: a most powerful and important
farmer of the public revenue.
Page 93, l. 20. _insanum forum_: the forum in its maddening bustle.
Page 116, l. 12. _doctissimus_, etc.: the most learned of that time.
Page 121, l. 11. _monumentum_, etc.: a monument more enduring than
bronze.
Page 123, l. 20. _vere humanus:_ truly refined.
Page 127, l. 23. _omnia_, etc.: he transforms himself into all
portentous shapes.
Page 130, l. 20. _ménager ses transitions:_ to pass gradually over to
the other side.
Page 132, l. 18. _de vi:_ of criminal violence.
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