Life in the Roman world of Nero and StPaul . ver these there presides oneof the public officials annually elected for the judicialadministration of Rome. The president sees that theproceedings are in accordance with the law, but theverdict is given entirely by the jury. If there is no need for Silius to attend such acourt, he may find many other demands upon histime. Among Romans of the higher classes etiquettewas extremely exacting. Contemporaries themselvescomplain that social duties or obligationsfrittered away a large proportion of their day, andthat they were kept perpetually busy doing n
Life in the Roman world of Nero and StPaul . ver these there presides oneof the public officials annually elected for the judicialadministration of Rome. The president sees that theproceedings are in accordance with the law, but theverdict is given entirely by the jury. If there is no need for Silius to attend such acourt, he may find many other demands upon histime. Among Romans of the higher classes etiquettewas extremely exacting. Contemporaries themselvescomplain that social duties or obligationsfrittered away a large proportion of their day, andthat they were kept perpetually busy doing man or woman is making a will, and asks you tobe one of the witnesses to the signature and sealing; 2l8 LIFE IN THE ROMAN WORLD another is betrothing a son or daughter, and invitesyou to be present and attest the ceremony; anotherhas a son of fifteen or sixteen concerning whom it isdecided that he has now come of age, must put onthe white toga of a man in the place of the purple-edged toga of the boy, and be led into the Forum in. Fig. 64. — Sealed Receipt of Jucundus. Beside each seal is a signature ; the wiiting in the hollow leaf is a summaryof the receipt, which is itself shut between the two leaves bound with string. token of his new freedom; you must not omit thecourtesy of attending. Another desires you to gowith him before the magistrate while he emancipatesa slave. Worst of all, perhaps, is the man who haswritten a poem or declamation, and who proposes toroad it, or to get a professional elocutionist to read it,to his acquaintances. He has either hired a hall or SOCIAL DAY OF ARISTOCRAT 219 borrowed a convenient room from a friend, and youare kindly invited to be present. We learn thatthese amateur authors did not permit their victims toforget the engagement, but sent them more than onereminder. At the reading or recitation it was yourduty to applaud frequently, to throw complimentarykisses, and to exclaim in Greek, excellent, capital,clever, unapproachabl
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