The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans : with notes, comments, maps, and illustrations .. . ed tenement-houses of an enor-mous height. Frequent accidents resulted fromthe loftiness of these buildini,^s, constructed oftenin haste and carelessness, and both Augustus andNero decreed that private buildings within thewalls of Rome should not exceed the height ofseventy feet. Into these dark and smoky lodg-ings, for which they paid immoderate prices, thepoorer classes dwelt, and the different floors andapartments were not infrequently shared amongseveral families. From the capacity of theseho
The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans : with notes, comments, maps, and illustrations .. . ed tenement-houses of an enor-mous height. Frequent accidents resulted fromthe loftiness of these buildini,^s, constructed oftenin haste and carelessness, and both Augustus andNero decreed that private buildings within thewalls of Rome should not exceed the height ofseventy feet. Into these dark and smoky lodg-ings, for which they paid immoderate prices, thepoorer classes dwelt, and the different floors andapartments were not infrequently shared amongseveral families. From the capacity of thesehouses, allowing twenty-five persons to eachhouse, the population of Rome at this time isestimated to have been about one million twohundred thousand; one half of whicli, in allprobabUity, were slaves. In glaring contrast to the squalor and indigenceof these quarters were the public squares of thecity, generous and ample spaces set apart for as-semblies of the people, martial exercises andirames. The Campus Martius was the principalof these, dedicated to Mars, the God of War. It 82
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