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
SAVINGS of slaves, 162-164.
SCALES, in marriage ceremony, 83.
scāpus, fixed quantity of paper, 394, 398.
schēdae, sheets of paper, 395.
SCHOOLS, Chap. IV. See Table of Contents.
SCHOOLS for gladiators, 349*.
scrībae, in civil service, 414;
as copyists, see librāriī.
scrīnium, case for books, 397*.
SEALS, 255*, 392.
SEATS, in theater, of classes, 326;
arrangement, 327;
in circus, 337;
in amphitheater (Pompeii), 355, (Rome), 358.
secunda mēnsa, 308, 309, 311.
secūtōrēs, later name for "Samnītēs," 360.
SEDAN CHAIRS, in travel, 382.
sella curūlis, 225*.
sēmitae, sidewalks, 387.
sepulcrum, 425, 436.
serae, bars, 216.
Servius and Sergius, derivation, 41.
Servius, grammarian (4th cent. A.D.), 434.
SEVENTEEN, time of coming of age, 126.
SHIPS, travel by, 380.
SHOES, 251*, 262*.
SHOWS of gladiators. See mūnera.
SHUTTERS for windows, 217.
SIDEWALKS, 233.
SIGNS of mercy in amphitheater, 362.
silicernium, funeral feast, 436.
SILK goods, 269.
sine missiōne, "to the death," 362.
SIZE of books, 398.
SLAVEHUNTERS, 161.
SLAVERY and clientage, 180.
SLAVES, Chap. V. See Table of Contents.
SLEEPING rooms, 205.
SLIPPERS, 250*, 262*.
SMOKE to ripen wine, 297.
sōlārium, place to take the sun, 207, 426;
sun-dial, 232.
SOLDIERS, career, 410.
soleae, 250*, 262*;
soleās poscere, "to take leave," 250.
solium, chair, 226*;
basin in bath, 369.
sōlum, floor, 213.
sordidātī, in mourning garb, 246.
sortēs virīlis, a shareholder's part, 430.
SOURCES of philological knowledge, literary, 9;
epigraphic, 10;
monumental, 11.
Sp., abbreviation for Spurius, 41.
sp., abbreviation for spectāvit populus, 363.
Spartacus, 132, 172.
spatium, lap in circus, 331.
SPEED, in travel, 389;
in writing, 401.
spīna in circus, 331*, 336*.
spīna alba, of wedding torch, 86.
SPINNING wheel, 199.
SPLITTING up of a house, 19.
spondeō, technical word in contract, 71.
spōnsa, of a girl betrothed, 71.
spōnsālia, ceremony of betrothal, 70.
SPORT, Roman idea of, 316.
SPORTS of the campus, 317;
of children, 102, 103.
sportula, the clients' dole, 182.
STAGE, early, 325;
later, 326 f.;
of Vitruvius, 327*.
STAGING a play, 324.
statūmen in roads, 387.
STEPPING-STONES in streets, 233*.
stilus, for writing, 391.
stola, 259, 260*;
mātrōnālis, 91.
STOOLS, 225*.
STOVE, for cooking, 203*;
for heating, 218*.
STREET, appearance, 233*;
construction, 387;
closed to vehicles, 382;
of tombs at Pompeii, 421*.
strigilēs, flesh scrapers, 367*, 370.
strophium, girdle, 258.
STUCCO, as finish for exterior wall, 212.
STYLE of living, 299;
of bathing, 367.
Styx, passage of, 433.
suāsōria, debates in schools, 115.
sub hastā vēnīre, auction sale, 134.
SUBJECTS taught in schools, Chap. IV.
subligāculum, loin cloth, 235, 257.
subūcula, under-tunic, 237.
sūdāria, handkerchiefs, 266.
Suetonius (about 75-160), 390.
SUICIDE of captives and slaves, 140*, 161.
suī iūris, independent, 17.
Sulla and Sura, derivation, 55.
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