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of slaves,

162

.

pecūnia

, meaning,

273

.

pedisequī

, lackeys,

123

,

150

.

PENS

,

395

.

peregrīnus

, foreigner,

69

.

PERFUMES

at feasts,

313

.

PERISTYLE

,

192

,

202*

;

perhaps a kitchen garden originally,

197

.

pērō

, shoe of untanned leather,

251

.

Persius (34-62

A.D.

) as a schoolboy,

124

.

pessulī

, bolts for doors,

216

.

petasus

, hat,

252*

.

petōritum

, baggage wagon,

383

.

PETS

for children,

103

.

PHILOLOGY

, defined,

6

.

PHYSICIANS

, income and attainments,

412

.

pietās

, affection,

73

.

pīlentum

, state carriage,

383

.

pilleus

, cap of liberty,

175*

,

252

.

piscīna

, plunge bath,

367

,

370

,

376*

,

377*

.

pīstōrēs

, millers and bakers,

283

.

PLACES

, of honor at dinner,

305*

;

in the theater,

326

;

in the circus,

337

;

in the amphitheater (Pompeii),

355

, (Rome),

358

;

where gladiators were shown,

356

;

of burial,

421

.

PLAN

, of theater after Vitruvius,

327

;

circus of Maxentius,

330

;

of gladiatorial school at Pompeii,

349

;

of houses,

189

,

190

,

191

,

192

,

193

;

of house of Pansa,

208

;

of baths,

371

,

376

,

378

;

of inn,

388

;

of tombs and grounds,

425

,

426

.

Plancus, tomb of,

420*

,

427

.

Plautus (†184

B.C.

) on

puls

,

283

.

PLAYTHINGS

for children,

102*

.

PLEBEIANS

, marriages of,

62

;

importance of cognates,

65

;

gain right of marriage,

64

;

old plebeians,

177

;

new,

178

.

plēbs

, see

PLEBEIANS

.

Pliny, the elder (†79

A.D.

),

352

.

pōcula

, goblets,

314*

.

podium

, in circus,

337

;

in amphitheater,

357

;

in tombs,

425

.

POLITICS

, as a career,

406

.

Pollio, Vedius, cruelty of,

158

.

POLYGAMY

unknown at Rome,

61

.

pompa circēnsis

, parade in circus,

343

.

Pompeii, importance of discoveries at,

11

,

12

;

house plans,

187

f.;

business rooms in private house,

194

;

small house at,

197*

;

house of poet,

199*

;

of Pansa,

208*

;

smaller theater at,

327*

;

lūdī gladiātōriī

,

350*

;

amphitheater,

353*

;

thermae

,

376*

;

street of tombs,

421*

;

tomb with marble door,

427*

.

pondera

, stepping-stones,

233*

.

pontifex maximus

, in marriage ceremony,

82

.

POOR

, burial of,

428

.

por

, for

puer

in names,

58

.

PORK

, favorite meat,

278

.

PORRIDGE

,

283

,

286

,

299

.

porta triumphālis

in circus,

330

;

pompae

,

330

;

Libitinēnsis

,

354

.

POSITION

of women,

90

.

POSTAL

service,

389

.

postīcum

, garden door,

216

.

potestās

,

patria

,

31

;

limitations,

32

,

73

;

extinguished,

34

;

suspension of,

34

;

dominica

,

37

.

POTTER

's

FIELD

at Rome,

423

.

praecīnctiō

, in theater,

327

;

in circus,

337

;

in coliseum,

358


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