History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . ome fine plane-tree, with smooth 1 Mosaic of Pompeii. - In the tablinum and the triclinium of Livias house are found the Roman paintings which,till quite lately, were the most ancient that had been discovered. Those of the tomb of theStatilii Tauri (frontispiece to Vol. IV. Sect. II.) arc anterior. 8 Lilia el violas n anemonas a fontes xurgentes . . tonsasque myrtos . . kabeant tliritef(Quintilian, viii. S). Cf. Hor., Carm. ii. 15. 282 THE EMPIRE AND ROMAN SOCIETY. bark and elegant and vigorous form,
History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . ome fine plane-tree, with smooth 1 Mosaic of Pompeii. - In the tablinum and the triclinium of Livias house are found the Roman paintings which,till quite lately, were the most ancient that had been discovered. Those of the tomb of theStatilii Tauri (frontispiece to Vol. IV. Sect. II.) arc anterior. 8 Lilia el violas n anemonas a fontes xurgentes . . tonsasque myrtos . . kabeant tliritef(Quintilian, viii. S). Cf. Hor., Carm. ii. 15. 282 THE EMPIRE AND ROMAN SOCIETY. bark and elegant and vigorous form, afforded its Thepatio of the Spaniards calls to mind this charming teste. Twoother buildings were never wanting to a complete habitation. — thelibrary, wbich was small, although all this society was literary, orwished to appear such; and the baths, a complicated and expensivestructure,2 consisting of several successive rooms of different tem-perature, ending with a palaestra, where gymnastic exercises restoredsuppleness and strength to the limbs. In the sanitary plans of the. THE INTERIOR OF A BATn. Romans the bath with all its accessories played the principal part,and no Roman passed the day without taking one. At the same time, with all their grandeur and luxury, thesehabitations were almost always arranged less with a view to com-fort and home life than for ostentation. Men prided themselvesupon their wealth now, as in earlier days upon their consulships,and notoriety was sought by expensive buildings, since it could nolonger be obtained by triumphs. The aristocracy of money hadsucceeded the aristocracy of race. The provincial cities imitated Rome, furnishing themselves, eachaccording to its resources, with temples and arenas, baths and 1 Areola quae quatuorplatanis inumbratur (Pliny, Epist. v. G). - Juvenal (Sat. vii. 178) speaks of private baths having cost six hundred thousand ses-terces, and Horace of fish-ponds larger than Lake Lucrinus (Carm. ii. 15). Respect
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