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Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul by T. G. Tucker Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul by T. G. Tucker Online Distributed Proofreading Team LIFE IN THE ROMAN WORLD OF NERO AND ST. PAUL by T. G. TUCKER 1924 PREFACE The reception accorded to my _Life in Ancient Athens_ has led me to write the present companion work with an eye to the same class of readers. In the preface to the former volume it was said: "I have sought to leave an impression true and sound, so far as it goes, and page 1 / 388 also vivid and distinct. The style adopted has therefore been the opposite of the pedantic, utilizing any vivacities of method which are consistent with truth of fact." The same principles have guided me in the present equally unpretentious treatise. I agree entirely with Mr. Warde Fowler when he says: "I firmly believe that the one great hope for classical learning and education lies in the interest which the unlearned public may be brought to feel in ancient life and thought." For the general reader there is perhaps no period in the history of the ancient world which is more interesting than the one here chosen. Yet, so far as I know, there exists no sufficiently popular work dealing with this period alone and presenting in moderate compass a clear general view of the matters of most moment. My endeavour has been to represent as faithfully as possible the Age of Nero, and nowhere in the book is it implied that what is true for that age is necessarily as true for any other. The reader who is not a special student of history or antiquities is perhaps as often confused by descriptions of ancient life which cover too many generations as by those--often otherwise excellent--which include too much detail. I have necessarily consulted not only the Latin and Greek writers who throw light upon the time, but also all the best-known Standard works of modern date. It is perhaps scarcely necessary to state that in matters of contemporary government, administration, and public life my guides have been chiefly Mommsen, Arnold, and Greenidge; for social life Marquardt, Friedlaender, and Becker-Goell; for topography and buildings Jordan, Huelsen, Lanciani, and Middleton; nor that the page 2 / 388 Dictionaries of Smith and of Daremberg and Saglio have been always at hand, as well as Baumeister's _Denkmaeler_, and Guhl and Koner's _Life of the Greeks and Romans_. The admirable _Pompeii_ of Mau-Kelsey has been, of course, indispensable. I have also derived profit from the writings of Prof. Sir W. M. Ramsay in connexion with St. Paul, and from Conybeare and Howson's _Life and Epistles_ of the Apostle. Useful hints have been found in Mr. Warde Fowler's _Social Life in Rome in the Age of Cicero_, and in Prof. Dill's Roman_ Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius_. A personal study of ancient sites, monuments, and objects of antiquity at Rome, Pompeii, and elsewhere has naturally been of prime value. Those intimately acquainted with the immense amount of the available material will best realize the difficulty there has been in deciding how much to say and how much to "leave in the inkstand." For the drawings other than those of which another source is specified I have to thank Miss M. O'Shea, on whom has occasionally fallen the difficult task of giving ocular form to the mental visions of one who happens to be no draughtsman. For the rest I make acknowledgment to those books from which the illustrations have been directly derived for my own purposes, without reference to more original sources. I am especially grateful for the permission to use so considerable a number of illustrations from the _Pompeii_ of Mau-Kelsey, from Professor Waldstein's _Herculaneum_, and from Lanciani's _New Tales of Old Rome_. page 3 / 388 T.G.T. October 1909. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTERS I EXTENT AND SECURITY OF THE EMPIRE II TRAVEL WITHIN THE EMPIRE III A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE PROVINCES IV THE IMPERIAL SYSTEM: EMPEROR, SENATE, KNIGHTS, AND PEOPLE V NERO THE EMPEROR VI ADMINISTRATION AND TAXATION OF THE EMPIRE page 4 / 388 VII ROME: THE IMPERIAL CITY VIII STREETS, WATER-SUPPLY, AND BUILDING MATERIAL IX THE ROMAN TOWN HOUSE X THE COUNTRY HOMESTEAD AND COUNTRY SEAT XI ROMAN FURNITURE XII SOCIAL DAY OF A ROMAN ARISTOCRAT--MORNING XIII SOCIAL DAY OF A ROMAN ARISTOCRAT (_continued_)--AFTERNOON AND DINNER XIV LIFE IN THE MIDDLE AND LOWER CLASSES XV HOLIDAYS AND AMUSEMENTS: THEATRE, CIRCUS, AMPHITHEATRE XVI THE WOMEN: MARRIAGE, THE ROMAN MATRON, AND HER DRESS XVII CHILDREN AND EDUCATION page 5 / 388 XVIII THE ARMY: MILITARY SERVICE: PUBLIC CAREER XIX ROMAN RELIGION--STATE AND INDIVIDUAL XX STUDY AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AMONG THE ROMANS XXI PHILOSOPHY--STOICS AND EPICUREANS XXII THE ROMAN PROFUSION OF ART XXIII THE LAST SCENE OF ALL--BURIAL AND TOMBS INDEX ILLUSTRATIONS FIG. Frontispiece View into Roman Forum from Temple of Vesta, A.D. 64. page 6 / 388 (Restoration partly after Auer, Huelsen, Tognetti, etc.). 1. The Pont du Gard (Aqueduct and Bridge). 2. The Appian Way by the so-called Tomb of Seneca (Laneiani, _New Tales of Old Rome_). 3. Plan of Inn at Pompeii. (After Mau). 4. Ship beside the Quay at Ostia. (Hill, _Illustrations of School Classics_, FIG. 498 ). 6. The Acropolis at Athens. (From D'Ooge). 7. Plan of Antioch. 8. Emblem of Antioch. (_Dict. of Geog_. i. 116 ). 9. Emblem of Alexandria. (Mau, _Pompeii_, Fig 187). 10. Emblem of Rome. (From the column of Antoninus at Rome). 11. Augustus as Emperor. page 7 / 388 12. Coin of Nero. (In the British Museum). 13. Bust of Seneca. (_Archaeiologische Zeitung_). 14. Agrippina, Mother of Nero. (Photo, Mansell & Co.). 15. Bust of Nero. 16. Some Remains of the Claudian Aqueduct. 17. The Rostra: back view. (Modified from Huelsen). 18. Ruins of Forum. (Record-Office in background with modern building above.) (Photo, Anderson). 19. N.E. of Forum, A.D. 64. (Complementary to Frontispiece). 20. Temple of Fortuna Augusta at Pompeii. (Mau, FIG. 58). 21. So-called Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli. page 8 / 388 22. Vestal Virgin. (Hill, FIG. 340 ). 23. Temple of Mars the Avenger in Forum of Augustus. (After Ripostelli). 24. Exterior of Theatre of Marcellus. (Present state). 25. Exterior of Theatre of Marcellus. (Restored). 26. A Greek Exedra. (Baumeister). 27. Circus Maximus (restored). (Modified from Guhl and Koner). 28. Building Materials. (From Middleton). 29. Typical Scheme of Roman House. 30. Entrance to House of Pansa. 31. Interior of Roman House. (Restored). 32. House of Cornelius Rufus. (Mau, FIG. 121 ). page 9 / 388 33. Peristyle with Garden and al fresco Dining-Table. (After Guhl and Koner). 34. Peristyle in House of the Vettii. (Present state) (Mau, FIG. 162). 35. Kitchen Hearth in the House of the Vettii. (Mau, FIG. 125). 36. Cooking Hearths. (_Dict. Ant_. i. 672). 37. Shrine in House of the Tragic Poet. (Mau, FIG. 153 ). 38. Household Shrine. (Hill, FIG. 345). 38A. Leaden Pipes in House of Livia. (From a photograph). 39. Portable Braziers. (Daremberg and Saglio). 40. Manner of Roofing with Tiles. 41. House of Pansa at Pompeii. (After Mau). page 10 / 388 42. House of the Vettii at Pompeii. (After Mau). 43. Specimen of Painted Room. 44. Specimen of Wall-Painting. (Mau, FIG. 264). 45. Plan of Homestead at Boscoreale. (After Mau). 46. Roman Folding Chair. (Schreiber). 47. Bronze Seat. (Overbeck). 48. Framework of Roman Couch. (Mau, FIG. 188). 49. Plan of Dining-Table with Three Couches. 50. Sigma. 51. Tripod from Herculaneum. (From Waldstein, _Herculaneum_, Plate 41). 52. Chest (Strong-box). (Mau, FIG. 120). page 11 / 388 53. Mirrors. (Mau, FIG. 213). 54. Lamps. (Mau, FIG. 196). 55. Lampholder as Tree. (Mau, FIG. 202). 56. Cup from Herculaneum. (Waldstein, Plate 45). 57. Kitchen Utensils. (Mau, FIG. 204). 58. Pail from Herculaneum. (Waldstein, Plate 42). 59. Patrician Shoes. (_Dict. Ant_. i. 335). 60. Roman in the Toga. (Waldstein, Plate 18). 61. Slave in Fetters. 62. Litter. (_Dict. Ant_. ii. 15). 63. Reading a Proclamation. (Mau, FIG. 17). page 12 / 388 64. Sealed Receipt of Jueundus. (Mau, FIG. 275). 65. Discus-Thrower. (Photo, Anderson). 66. Stabian Baths. (Mau, Plate 5). 67. Bathing Implements. (Mau, FIG. 209). 68. Acrobats. (Baumeister, i. 585). 69. Surgical Instruments. (Guhl and Koner). 70. Bakers' Mills. (Mau, FIG. 218). 71. Cupids as Goldsmiths. (Wall-Painting.)(Mau, FIG. 167). 72. Garland-Makers. (_Abhandlungen, historische-philologische Classe Koeniglich Saechsischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften_). 73. Bust of Caecilius Jueundus. (Mau, FIG. 256). page 13 / 388 74. Ploughs. (Hill, FIG. 383; _Dict. Ant_. i. 160). 75. Tools on Tomb. (_Dict. Ant_. ii. 243). 76. Pompeian Cook-Shop. (Mau, FIG. 131). 77. In a Wine-Shop. (Mau, FIG. 234). 78. Boxing-Gloves. (_Dict. Ant_. i. 329). 79. Theatre at Orange. (Restored.) (Baumeister, iii. 1742). 80. Theatre at Aspendus. (Guhl and Koner). 81. Tragic Actor. (Hill, FIG. 421). 82. Comic Masks. (Terence's _Andria_). 83. Scene from Comedy. (Hill, FIG. 422). 84. Plan of Circus. page 14 / 388 85. The Turn in the Circus. 86. Chariot Race. (_Dict. Ant_. i. 434). 87. Amphitheatre at Pompeii. (Mau, Plate 6). 88. Barracks of Gladiators. (Mau, Plate 4). 89. Stocks for Gladiators. (Remains from Pompeii.) (Mau, FIG. 74). 90. Gladiators Fighting. (Guhl and Koner). 91. Toilet Scene. (Wall-Painting.) (Waldstein, Plate 32). 92. Woman in Full Dress. (Waldstein, Plate 7). 93. Hairpins. (Mau, FIG. 211). 94. Writing Materials. 95. Horsing a Boy. (After Saechs.) (Baumeister, iii. FIG. 1653). page 15 / 388 96. Papyri and Tabulae. (From Dyer's _Pompeii_).