Chapter 27

.

praenōmen

, first name,

41

;

number,

41

;

abbreviations,

41

,

45

;

limited in certain families,

42

;

given to firstborn son,

43

;

meanings of,

44

;

two in one name,

55

.

prandium

, luncheon,

302

.

PRICES

, of baths,

373

;

books,

401

;

houses,

221

, note;

meals,

388

;

slaves,

140

;

tables,

227

;

wines,

298

.

PRIMITIVE

house,

188

.

prīmus pālus

, title of honor,

363

.

PRIVATE

, antiquities,

2

;

slaves,

142

f.;

bathhouse at Caerwent,

371*

;

games,

322

;

rooms in house,

203

.

PROCESSION

, bridal,

86

;

in circus,

343

;

in the amphitheater,

362

.

prōcūrātor

, steward,

149

.

PROFESSIONS

in hands of freedmen and foreigners,

412

;

even of slaves,

143

.

PROLETARIATE

,

411

.

prōlūsiō

, sham fight,

362

.

prōmulsis

, appetizer,

308

.

prōnuba

, matron of honor,

81

.

PROVINCES

, corruption in,

406

,

409

.

PUBLIC

, antiquities,

2

;

baths,

372

f.,

376*

,

377*

;

fountains,

233*

;

games,

322

;

opinion, in case of children,

32

,

33

;

in case of slaves,

156

.

"

PUBLICANS

and sinners,"

409

.

PUBLICATION

of books,

400

.

puer

, for

servus

,

58

;

written por,

58

.

pugillārēs

, writing tablets in sets,

391*

.

puls

, ancient national diet,

283

.

pultiphagōnidae

,

299

.

PUNISHMENTS

of schoolboys,

120*

,

124

;

of slaves,

166

f.

pūp

(

us

), of unnamed child,

55

.

PURPLE

or crimson,

270

.

puticulī

, gravepits,

423

.

Q

quadrāns

, regular bath charge,

373

.

quadrīgae

, in races,

340

.

R

RACEHORSES

,

339

f.

RACES

in circus,

339

f.;

teams,

340

;

drivers,

341

;

syndicates,

339

.

RACING

syndicates,

339

.

RAPE

of the Sabines,

86

,

87

.

READING

, how taught,

110

.

rēda

, carriage,

384

.

REFERENCE

books,

13

.

RELATIONSHIPS

,

agnātī

,

23

;

cognātī

,

25

;

adfīnēs

,

26

.

renūntiāre

, break an engagement to marry,

71

.

repōtia

,

85

,

89

.

repudium renūntiāre

, see

renūntiāre

.

rētiāriī

, gladiators with nets,

359

,

360*

.

rēticula

, nets for the hair,

264

.

REWARDS

of

aurīgae

,

341

;

of gladiators,

363

.

rēx bibendī

, lord of the feast,

313

.

RICE

in modern wedding festivities,

87

.

RINGS

, engagement,

71

;

men's,

255

;

women's,

267

;

worn on joint,

256

.

ROADS

,

385*

-

387*

.

Romulus, legislation of,

32

,

95

;

wall of,

210*

;

hut of,

214*

.

ROOF

, of peristyle,

202*

;

construction of,

214*

.

rosāria

, feast of roses,

438

.

rudēs

, fencing swords,

349

;

with

prīma

or

secunda

,

363

.

rūdus

, in roads,


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