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Ancient Rome on 5 Denarii A Day
Philip Matyszak

Number of quotes: 7


Book ID: 17 Page: 11

Section: 5D

Tombs line the Appian Way, a busy commuter route, outside Rome. Many of these houses of the dead are the size of apartment blocks – for example, the massive round tomb of Caecilia Metella in the background is 36 feet high with a diameter of 96 feet.

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Quote ID: 344

Time Periods: 01


Book ID: 17 Page: 19

Section: 2A3,2E3

It is illegal to bury corpses within the sacred city of Rome itself, though the privilege may be granted to an extremely distinguished individual. Only Rome’s great Valerian family, Vestal Virgins and the Caesars themselves have this as a right, and the Valerians choose not to exercise it.

Quote ID: 345

Time Periods: 3


Book ID: 17 Page: 27

Section: 5D

Diagram of Rome’s regions (I-XIV) and hills (A-G). Those looking for the best postal addresses should consider II and VI. The Subura district, IV, is not particularly salubrious and nor is XIV (Transtiberim). Try XII or XIII for a happy medium. VIII and X are reserved for gods and emperors.

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Quote ID: 346

Time Periods: 01


Book ID: 17 Page: 76

Section: 4B

Rome has no law against blasphemy – the gods are expected to handle matters personally.

Quote ID: 348

Time Periods: 0147


Book ID: 17 Page: 79

Section: 4B

There is also a lesser punishment, infamia, which is a public record that a citizen is such a generally bad lot that, though permitted to remain in Rome, the right to vote, take on debts, or speak in a public assembly is withdrawn.

Quote ID: 349

Time Periods: 013


Book ID: 17 Page: 103/104

Section: 2A3

[February] This is the month of purification. During the week of the Parentalia, dead parents are remembered. Temples are closed, and no marriages take place. Little groups gather in cemeteries with jugs of wine and milk, sharing meals with the dead. The festival ends with all the family gathering for a huge family reunion and a slap-up meal. The Parentalia coincides with the Lupercalia, a rite so old that no one really understands the point of it.

Quote ID: 350

Time Periods: 34


Book ID: 17 Page: 104

Section: 2E3

April The month of blossoming (from Latin aperio, ‘opening’). On 4 April there are banquets in honour of the Magna Mater (the Great Mother – an Asiatic cult).

Quote ID: 351

Time Periods: 0



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