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
potestās, patria, 31;
limitations, 32, 73;
extinguished, 34;
suspension of, 34;
dominica, 37.
POTTER's FIELD at Rome, 423.
praecīnctiō, in theater, 327;
in circus, 337;
in coliseum, 358.
praenōmen, first name, 41;
number, 41;
abbreviations, 41, 45;
limited in certain families, 42;
given to firstborn son, 43;
meanings of, 44;
two in one name, 55.
prandium, luncheon, 302.
PRICES, of baths, 373;
books, 401;
houses, 221, note;
meals, 388;
slaves, 140;
tables, 227;
wines, 298.
PRIMITIVE house, 188.
prīmus pālus, title of honor, 363.
PRIVATE, antiquities, 2;
slaves, 142 f.;
bathhouse at Caerwent, 371*;
games, 322;
rooms in house, 203.
PROCESSION, bridal, 86;
in circus, 343;
in the amphitheater, 362.
prōcūrātor, steward, 149.
PROFESSIONS in hands of freedmen and foreigners, 412;
even of slaves, 143.
PROLETARIATE, 411.
prōlūsiō, sham fight, 362.
prōmulsis, appetizer, 308.
prōnuba, matron of honor, 81.
PROVINCES, corruption in, 406, 409.
PUBLIC, antiquities, 2;
baths, 372 f., 376*, 377*;
fountains, 233*;
games, 322;
opinion, in case of children, 32, 33;
in case of slaves, 156.
"PUBLICANS and sinners," 409.
PUBLICATION of books, 400.
puer, for servus, 58;
written por, 58.
pugillārēs, writing tablets in sets, 391*.
puls, ancient national diet, 283.
pultiphagōnidae, 299.
PUNISHMENTS of schoolboys, 120*, 124;
of slaves, 166 f.
pūp(us), of unnamed child, 55.
PURPLE or crimson, 270.
puticulī, gravepits, 423.
Q
quadrāns, regular bath charge, 373.
quadrīgae, in races, 340.
R
RACEHORSES, 339 f.
RACES in circus, 339 f.;
teams, 340;
drivers, 341;
syndicates, 339.
RACING syndicates, 339.
RAPE of the Sabines, 86, 87.
READING, how taught, 110.
rēda, carriage, 384.
REFERENCE books, 13.
RELATIONSHIPS, agnātī, 23;
cognātī, 25;
adfīnēs, 26.
renūntiāre, break an engagement to marry, 71.
repōtia, 85, 89.
repudium renūntiāre, see renūntiāre.
rētiāriī, gladiators with nets, 359, 360*.
rēticula, nets for the hair, 264.
REWARDS of aurīgae, 341;
of gladiators, 363.
rēx bibendī, lord of the feast, 313.
RICE in modern wedding festivities, 87.
RINGS, engagement, 71;
men's, 255;
women's, 267;
worn on joint, 256.
ROADS, 385*-387*.
Romulus, legislation of, 32, 95;
wall of, 210*;
hut of, 214*.
ROOF, of peristyle, 202*;
construction of, 214*.
rosāria, feast of roses, 438.
rudēs, fencing swords, 349;
with prīma or secunda, 363.
rūdus, in roads, 387*.
RUNAWAY slaves, 161, 172*.
S
sacra gentīlīcia, 22.
sacrārium, private chapel, 207*.
SADDLES, not used by Romans, 381.
sagīna gladiātōria, training food, 349.
sagum, military cloak, 247.
SALADS, 276.
SALES of captives, 134;
of slaves, 139.
SALTCELLAR of silver, 299;
always on table, 307.
salūtātiō, morning levee, 182.
"Samnītēs," name for gladiators, 359, 360*;
later called secūtōrēs or hoplomachī, 360.
SANDALS, see SLIPPERS.
sarcophagus 436*, 428.
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