The Common People of Ancient Rome / Studies of Roman Life and Literature

by Frank Frost Abbott

Contents

• [How Latin Became the Language of the World]
• [The Latin of the Common People]
• [The Poetry of the Common People of Rome]:
  • [Their Metrical Epitaphs]
  • [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 Corporations and Trade-Guilds]
• [A Roman Politician, Gaius Scribonius Curio]
• [Gaius Matius, a Friend of Cæsar]

[Index]