L. & R. Adkins - Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome [2004]

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• List of Maps
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• Republic and Empire
• Dates of Events
• Prominent People
• Emperors
• Social Structure
• Government
• Taxes and Finance
• Laws
• Reading
• Military Affairs
• History of the Legions
• Numbering and Stations of Legions
• Organization of Legions
• Alae Sociorum
• Garrison at Rome
• Auxiliaries
• The Navy
• Conditions of Service
• Active Service
• Weapons and Equipment
• Honors
• Camps, Forts and Fortresses
• Frontiers
• Reading
• Geography of the Roman World
• Expansion and Contraction of the Roman World
• The Provinces
• Place-Names
• Reading
• Towns and Countryside
• Town Planning
• Centuriation
• Types of Town
• Town Amenities
• Villas
• Gardens
• Architects and Surveyors
• Building Techniques
• Decoration and Art
• Agriculture
• Reading
• Travel and Trade
• Maps and Itineraries
• Roads
• Bridges and Tunnels
• Milestones
• Land Transport
• Merchant Ships
• Rivers and Canals
• Pirates
• Harbors
• Trade of Goods
• Reading
• Written Evidence
• Latin Language
• Writing
• Education
• Ancient Literature and Authors
• Inscriptions
• Personal Names
• Numerals
• Reading
• Religion
• State Religion
• Priests
• Gods and Goddesses
• Religious Observance
• Festivals
• Mystery Religions
• Atheism
• Magic and Superstition
• Religious Buildings
• Ritual Objects
• Reading
• Economy and Industry
• Coinage
• Prices and Inflation
• Weights and Measures
• Industries
• Reading
• Everyday Life
• Time
• Personal Relationships
• Population
• Slaves
• Food and Drink
• Personal Appearance
• Entertainment
• Punishment
• Medicine
• Philosophy
• Death and Afterlife
• Reading
• Bibliography
• Index

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