Life in the Roman world of Nero and StPaul . 226 LIFE IN THE ROMAN WORLD pores against the cold, and then was scraped downwith the hollow sickle-shaped instrument of bronze oriron depicted in the illustration. The other articles there shown are a vessel con-taining the oil, and a flat dishinto which to pour it for , together with linentowels, were brought by yourown Silius is now carried home,and as it is approaching fouroclock, he dresses, or is dressed,for dinner. His toga andsenatorial walking-shoes are Fig. Implements. ^J^PQ^n off, and he putS On light slippers
Life in the Roman world of Nero and StPaul . 226 LIFE IN THE ROMAN WORLD pores against the cold, and then was scraped downwith the hollow sickle-shaped instrument of bronze oriron depicted in the illustration. The other articles there shown are a vessel con-taining the oil, and a flat dishinto which to pour it for , together with linentowels, were brought by yourown Silius is now carried home,and as it is approaching fouroclock, he dresses, or is dressed,for dinner. His toga andsenatorial walking-shoes are Fig. Implements. ^J^PQ^n off, and he putS On light slippers or house-shoes, and dons what iscalled a confection of light and easy material— such as a kind of half-silk — and of bright andfestive colours. Some ostentatious diners changedthis dress several times during the course of a pro-tracted banquet, giving the company the benefit of asgreat a variety of ^confections as is afforded by amodern star actress in the theatre. If the days arelong and it is suitable weather, he may perhaps dinein the garden at the back of the peristyle. Otherwisein the dining-room the three couches mentioned in aprevious chapter (Fig. 48) are arranged along threesides of a rectangle. Their metal and ivory workgleams brightly, and they are resplendent with theirembroidered cushions. In the middle of the enclosed SOCIAL DAY OF ARISTOCRAT 227 A space s
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