The Private Life of the RomansJohnston, Harold Whetstone
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The Private Life of the Romans
Johnston, Harold Whetstone
Rome -- Social life and customs
palūdāmentum, general's cloak, 247.
pālus, with prīmus or secundus, 363.
papyrus, manufacture, 394;
rolls, 396.
PARASOL, 266*.
parentālia, festival of, 438.
pariēs, house wall, 210.
pater and derivatives, 26.
pater familiās, defined, 17;
powers, see potestās;
adopted into another family, 30.
patria potestās, see potestās.
patriciī, sons of fathers, 64.
patrimōnium prōfundere, 33.
patrīmus, with a living father, 82.
patrōnus, derivation of word, 26;
and lībertus, 175;
patrician and client, 179;
and client of later times, 182.
PAUPERS, burial of, 423.
PAVEMENT, construction, 387.
pavīmentum, floor, 213.
PAY of teachers, 121;
of chariot drivers, 342;
of soldiers, 410.
pecūlium, defined, 33;
of slaves, 162.
pecūnia, meaning, 273.
pedisequī, lackeys, 123, 150.
PENS, 395.
peregrīnus, foreigner, 69.
PERFUMES at feasts, 313.
PERISTYLE, 192, 202*;
perhaps a kitchen garden originally, 197.
pērō, shoe of untanned leather, 251.
Persius (34-62 A.D.) as a schoolboy, 124.
pessulī, bolts for doors, 216.
petasus, hat, 252*.
petōritum, baggage wagon, 383.
PETS for children, 103.
PHILOLOGY, defined, 6.
PHYSICIANS, income and attainments, 412.
pietās, affection, 73.
pīlentum, state carriage, 383.
pilleus, cap of liberty, 175*, 252.
piscīna, plunge bath, 367, 370, 376*, 377*.
pīstōrēs, millers and bakers, 283.
PLACES, of honor at dinner, 305*;
in the theater, 326;
in the circus, 337;
in the amphitheater (Pompeii), 355, (Rome), 358;
where gladiators were shown, 356;
of burial, 421.
PLAN, of theater after Vitruvius, 327;
circus of Maxentius, 330;
of gladiatorial school at Pompeii, 349;
of houses, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193;
of house of Pansa, 208;
of baths, 371, 376, 378;
of inn, 388;
of tombs and grounds, 425, 426.
Plancus, tomb of, 420*, 427.
Plautus (†184 B.C.) on puls, 283.
PLAYTHINGS for children, 102*.
PLEBEIANS, marriages of, 62;
importance of cognates, 65;
gain right of marriage, 64;
old plebeians, 177;
new, 178.
plēbs, see PLEBEIANS.
Pliny, the elder (†79 A.D.), 352.
pōcula, goblets, 314*.
podium, in circus, 337;
in amphitheater, 357;
in tombs, 425.
POLITICS, as a career, 406.
Pollio, Vedius, cruelty of, 158.
POLYGAMY unknown at Rome, 61.
pompa circēnsis, parade in circus, 343.
Pompeii, importance of discoveries at, 11, 12;
house plans, 187 f.;
business rooms in private house, 194;
small house at, 197*;
house of poet, 199*;
of Pansa, 208*;
smaller theater at, 327*;
lūdī gladiātōriī, 350*;
amphitheater, 353*;
thermae, 376*;
street of tombs, 421*;
tomb with marble door, 427*.
pondera, stepping-stones, 233*.
pontifex maximus, in marriage ceremony, 82.
POOR, burial of, 428.
por, for puer in names, 58.
PORK, favorite meat, 278.
PORRIDGE, 283, 286, 299.
porta triumphālis in circus, 330;
pompae, 330;
Libitinēnsis, 354.
POSITION of women, 90.
POSTAL service, 389.
postīcum, garden door, 216.
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