Roman antiquities: or, An account of the manners and customs of the Romans; . at this stone U TertuUian. Anim. 5;i. Le^g. ii. 1. Hor. Od, i. 25. Plin. is nothing else tnan 12 Plin. s. 63. 19 Serv. Virg. Mn. 1. ii. 17. ix. 36. the talc of Muscovy, 13 ad Ezech. xl. 16. 726. 5 fenestras reticulataene —French Trans. 14 crustae, vel-a. 20 aurea, lb. & animal maleticum 8 Sen. Ep. 90. Plin. 15 Suet. Odes. 46. >.9o- Od. ii. 18. inaurata,introire queat, Varr. xxxvi. 22. s. 45. arpwra, Varr. Plin. xxxiii. 3, R. R. iii. 7. 9 Sen. Ep. 86. Nat. O. 16 Cic. Or. iii. 43. Suet. 2e 45S ROM
Roman antiquities: or, An account of the manners and customs of the Romans; . at this stone U TertuUian. Anim. 5;i. Le^g. ii. 1. Hor. Od, i. 25. Plin. is nothing else tnan 12 Plin. s. 63. 19 Serv. Virg. Mn. 1. ii. 17. ix. 36. the talc of Muscovy, 13 ad Ezech. xl. 16. 726. 5 fenestras reticulataene —French Trans. 14 crustae, vel-a. 20 aurea, lb. & animal maleticum 8 Sen. Ep. 90. Plin. 15 Suet. Odes. 46. >.9o- Od. ii. 18. inaurata,introire queat, Varr. xxxvi. 22. s. 45. arpwra, Varr. Plin. xxxiii. 3, R. R. iii. 7. 9 Sen. Ep. 86. Nat. O. 16 Cic. Or. iii. 43. Suet. 2e 45S ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. room to shift, and exhibit new appearances, as the dilferiiUcourses or dishes were removed.^ VILLAS AND GARDENS OF THE ROMANS. The magnificence of the Romans was chiefly conspicuous intheir country villas.^ Villa originally denoted a farm-house and its appurtenances,or the accommodations requisite for a husbandman ; ^ hence tiieoverseer of a farm was called villicus, and his wife * Avhen luxury was introduced, the name of villa was applied. LAMPS. No articles of ancient are more common thanlamps. They are found in everyrarlety of form and size, in clayand in metal, from the mostcheap to the most costly descrip-tion. We have the testimony ofthe celebrated antiquary, Win-kelniann, to the interest of tliissubject:—1 place amon;g; themost curious utensils found atHerculaneum, the lamps, inwhich the ancients sought todisplay elegance, and even mag-iiiticence. Lamps of every sort will be found in the museum atPorlici, both in clay and bronze,but especially the latter; andas the ornaments of the ancientshave generally some reference tosome particular things, we oftenmeet with rather remarkablesubjects. A considerable num-ber of these articles will befound in the British museum,but these are chiefly of the com-moner sort. All the works,however, descriptive of Hercu-laneum and Pompeii, present uswith specimens of the richer andmore remarkab
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