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
SUPPLY of gladiators, 347;
of slaves, 134;
of horses for racing, 339.
Sura, derivation, 55.
susceptiō, acknowledgment of children, 95.
SUSPENSION of potestās, 34.
suspēnsūra, elevated floor of bath room, 368*.
SWEAT bath, dry, 367;
moist, 369.
synthesis, dinner dress, 249.
T
tabellae, for writing, 110*, 391*.
tabellāriī, letter carriers, 389.
TABLE knives and forks unknown, 299.
TABLES, cost, kinds, materials, 227*.
tablīnum, in early house, 190;
in later house, 201;
meaning of word, 201.
Tacitus (about 55-117) on the toga, 133.
Talassiō, marriage cry, 87.
tālī, knuckle-bones, 320*.
TEACHERS, 121.
tēcta, roofs, 214.
tēgulae, tiles, 214*.
tepidārium, purpose, 366;
other uses, 367;
position, 368;
unusual size, 371*;
several in one bath, 376*;
in the large thermae, 377;
with cold bath, 370.
tessera gladiātōria, 363*;
hospitālis, 185.
THEATER, early, 325;
later, 326;
of Vitruvius, 327*;
at Pompeii, 327*;
at Orange, 327*;
of Pompeius, 326.
thermae, meaning, 372;
plan of small, 376*;
of large, 378*.
THIRD FINGER for engagement ring, 71.
"Thracians," gladiators, 360*, 361.
"THUMBS down," signal for death, 362.
Tiberius (Emperor, 14-37 A.D.), 274.
tībiālia, wrappings for the legs, 239.
TILES, for roofs, etc., 214*.
tīrōcinium forī, 117;
mīlitiae, 118.
tīrōnēs, of untrained gladiators, 118.
titulus, description of slave, 139;
in columbāria, 429, 431*.
TOAST-MASTER, 313.
TOASTS, 314.
TOGA, material and use, 240;
appearance, 241*;
in literature, 242*;
on the monuments, 243*;
cumbrous and uncomfortable, 244;
earlier toga, 245*;
kinds of, 246;
see also the Latin word below.
toga, see the English word above;
candida, 246;
lībera, 127;
picta, 246;
pulla, 246;
pūra, 246;
praetexta, 76, 125, 246;
splendēns, 246;
virīlis, 125.
TOILET articles, 265*.
tollere, acknowledge a child, 44, 95.
TOMBS, 422 f.
tōnsor, barber and barber-shop, 254.
TORCHES, at funerals, 434;
weddings, 86, 89.
"To the lions," 364.
TOWN-SLAVES, 159.
trabea, cloak for men, 247.
TRADES, 412.
TRAINERS of gladiators, 349, 363.
TRAVEL, Chap. X. See Table of Contents.
TRAVELING cloak, 248.
TREADING grapes for wine, 296*.
TREATMENT of slaves, 158.
trīclīnium, dining-room, 204, 304*;
in court, 204*.
trigōn, three handed ball, 318.
TRIPLE name, 38;
expanded, 39;
shortened, 40.
Tullus, meaning, 44.
TUNIC, 236*.
tunica, 236*;
angustī clāvī, 238;
lātī clāvī, 238;
exterior (men's), 237;
(women's), 259*;
interior, 237, 258;
manicāta, 237;
tālāris, 239;
rēcta, 76;
rēgilla, 76.
Tūscanicum ātrium, 196.
tūtor, guardian, 19, 70.
TWELVE TABLES (450 B.C.), in the schools, 111;
mention both burial and burning of dead, 420.
tyrotarīchus, a dish of cheese and salt fish, 280.
U
umbella, parasol, 266*.
umbilīcus, of a papyrus roll, 397.
umbōnēs, of a road, 387.
umbrāculum, parasol, 266*.
umbrae, unexpected guests, 304.
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