This book shows Rome as it was during the 2nd century AD, the time of Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius & Commodus. It was a period of ostentatious wealth, a dazzling cultural mix & the Xian advent. Splendor & squalor, spectacles & the day’s routines are reconstructed from the archeological evidence & from descriptions by ancient poets, satirists, letter-writers & novelists–from Petronius to Pliny.1 The Physical & Moral Background of Roman Life. The Extent & Population of the The splendour of the Urbs; The precincts of Rome & the city’s true extent; The growth of the city’s population.Houses & Modern aspects of the Roman house; Archaic aspects of the Roman house; Streets & traffic.Society & Social Romans & foreigners; Slavery & manumission; The confusion of social values ; Living standards & the plutocracy.Marriage, Woman & the The weakening of paternal authority; Betrothal & marriage; The Roman matron; Feminism & demoralisation; Divorce & the instability of the family.Education & Symptoms of decomposition; Primary education; The routine teaching of the grammarian; Impractical rhetoric; The decay of traditional religion; The progress of Oriental mysticism; The advent of Xianity.2 The Day’s Routine. The The days & hours of the Roman calendar; The Roman begins the day; The barber; The matron dresses.The duties of a client; Businessmen & manual laborers; Justice & politics; Public readings.Shows & Panem et circenses; The employment of leisure; The races; The theatre; The amphitheatre; Late opposition.Afternoon & Strolling, gaming & pleasure; The baths; Dinner.

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