92.  Woman in Full Dress. (Waldstein, Plate 7).

 93.  Hairpins. (Mau, FIG. 211).

 94.  Writing Materials.

 95.  Horsing a Boy. (After Saechs.) (Baumeister, iii.  FIG. 1653).

 96.  Papyri and Tabulae. (From Dyer’s Pompeii).

 97.  Roman Standards. (Guhl and Koner).

 98.  Armed Soldier.

 99.  A Roman General. (Hill, FIG. 465).

100.  Centurion. (Hill, FIG. 466).

101.  Standard-Bearer. (Hill, FIG. 470).

102.  Baggage-Train. (Daremberg and Saglio, FIG. 1196).

103.  Soldiers with Packs. (Seyffert, Dict.  Class.  Ant. p. 348).

104.  Roman Soldiers Marching. (Schreiber).

105.  Imperial Guards. (Guhl and Koner).

106.  Besiegers with the “Tortoise.” (Hill, FIG. 481).

107.  Roman Artillery. (Dict.  Ant. ii. 855).

108.  Auxiliary Cavalryman. (Dict.  Ant. i. 790).

109.  Jupiter. (Vatican Museum).

110.  A Sacrifice. (Mau, FIG. 44).

111.  Isis Worship. (Wall-Painting.) (Mau, FIG. 81).

112.  Household Shrine. (Mau, FIG. 127).

113.  The World (approximately) as conceived about A.D. 100.

114.  The Dying Gaul.

115.  A “Candeliera” or Marble Pilaster of the Basilica Aemilia
      (Lanciani, New Tales, etc., p. 147).

116.  Fragments of the Architecture of the Regia. (Lanciani, p. 70).

117.  Wall-Painting. (Woman with Tablets.) (Waldstein, Herculaneum,
      Plate 35).

118.  Wall-Painting from Herculaneum. (Women playing with
      Knuckle-Bones.) (Waldstein, Plate 4).

119.  Lyre and Harp.

120.  “Conclamatio” of the Dead. (Guhl and Koner).

121.  Tomb of Caecilia Metella.

122.  Street of Tombs. (Mau, Plate 10).

123.  Columbarium. (Guhl and Koner).

124.  Temple of Jupiter on the Capitol.

MAPS AND PLANS: 

      Map of Roman Empire, A.D. 64.

      Plan of Rome with Chief Topographical Features.

      Plan of Forum, A.D. 64.

INTRODUCTION

The subject of this book is “Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul.”  This is not quite the same thing as “Life in Ancient Rome” at the same date.  Our survey is to be somewhat wider than that of the imperial city itself, with its public and private structures, its public and private life.  The capital, and these topics concerning it, will naturally occupy the greater portion of our time and interest.  But it is quite impossible to realise Rome, its civilisation, and the meaning of its monuments, unless we first obtain some general comprehension of the empire—­the Roman world—­with its component parts, its organisation and administration.  The date is approximately anno Domini 64, although it is not desirable, even if it were possible, to adhere in every detail to the facts of that particular year.  In A.D. 64 the Emperor Nero was at the height of his folly and tyranny, and, so far as our information goes, the Apostle Paul was journeying about the Roman world in the interval between his first and second imprisonments in the capital.