Contents



How Latin Became the Language of the World
The Latin of the Common People
The Poetry of the Common People of Rome:
I. Their Metrical Epitaphs
II. Their Dedicatory and Ephemeral Verses
The Origin of the Realistic Romance Among the Romans
Diocletian's Edict and the High Cost of Living
Private Benefactions and Their Effect on the Municipal Life of the Romans
Some Reflections on Corporations and Trade-Guilds
A Roman Politician, Gaius Scribonius Curio
Gaius Matius, a Friend of Cæsar

Index




The Common People of Ancient Rome




How Latin Became the Language of the World