The Custom House.--The Fortifications and the Gates,--The
Roman Highways.--The Cemetery of Pompeii.--Funerals:
the Procession, the funeral Pyre, the Day of
the Dead.--The Tombs and their Inscriptions.--Perpetual
Leases.--Burial of the Rich, of Animals, and of
the Poor.--The Villas of Diomed and Cicero. 93


V.

THE THERMÆ.

The Hot Baths at Rome.--The Thermæ of Stabiæ.--A
Tilt at Sun Dials.--A Complete Bath, as the Ancients
Considered It: the Apartments, the Slaves, the Unguents,
the Strigillæ.--A Saying of the Emperor Hadrian.--The
Baths for Women.--The Reading Room.--The
Roman Newspaper.--The Heating-Apparatus. 120


VI.

THE DWELLINGS.

Paratus and Pansa.--The Atrium and the Peristyle.--The
Dwelling Refurnished and Repeopled.--The Slaves, the
Kitchen, and the Table.--The Morning Occupations of
a Pompeian.--The Toilet of a Pompeian Lady.--A Citizen
Supper: the Courses, the Guests.--The Homes of