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The common people of ancient Rome : studies of Roman life and literature /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abbott, Frank Frost, 1860-1924
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chautauqua, New York : Chautauqua Press, 1921
Subjects:
Latin language.
Latin literature > History and criticism.
Rome > Social conditions.
Table of Contents:
  • How Latin became the language of the world
  • The Latin of the common people
  • The poetry of the common people of Rome: I. Their metrical epitaphs. II. Their dedicatory and ephemeral verses
  • The origin of the realistic romance among the Romans
  • Diocletian's edict and the high cost of living
  • Private benefactions and their effect on the municipal life of the Romans
  • Some reflections on corporation and trade-guilds
  • A Roman politician, Gaius Scribonius Curio
  • Gaius Matius, a friend of Caesar.