A Manual of Grecian and Roman Antiquities

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Appleton, 1848 - Greece - 209 pages
 

Contents

ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT 1 Its object A ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE 2 Judicial Authority
60
Punishments B RELIGION 4 Gods of the Spartans 5 National Festivals
61
MILITARY AFFAIRS 6 The ArmyWeapons of the Soldiers 7 Arrangement and divisions of the Army
62
Officers
63
War Battles 10 Naval affairs
64
POLITICAL ECONOMY 11 Income and ExpenditureMoney
65
E OTHER PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS 12 General remarks 13 Marriage
66
Public education of Boys
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73
Decline of the constitution
79
B THE SENATE OR COUNCIL
92
15 Limits of their power
97
Various Police Functionaries
98
Extraordinary Functionaries
99
LAWS RELATING TO PRIVATE PERSONS 2 Marriage
100
Parental Authority Adoption Guardianship
101
Right of Inheritance and of making a Will
102
Laws relating to Obligations and Securities
103
JUDGES AND COURTS OF JUSTICE 6 Historical account of the Courts of Justice
104
The Diætétæ The Forty
105
The Court of the Areopagites
106
Court of the Ephetæ
107
Accusations Qualifications of Plaintiffs
108
Public Prosecutions considered with reference to the subject of Complaint
109
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 18 Legal Proceedings
110
Proceedings before the Court
111
Form of Process in Trials for Murder
112
The subject continued
113
Appeals
114
Punishments ib 26 Atimia ib 27 Other kinds of Punishment
115
Falling off in the Administration of Justice
116
29 The Gods Temples
117
FINANCE
125
Ordinary Services or Liturgies of the Citizens
131
Division of Time
138
Physical and moral Training of Boys
140
Same subject continued
141
Female Education
142
Meals ib 13 Dress
144
Houses ib 15 Funerals
145
POINTS OF UNION FOR THE WHOLE OF GREECE A FESTIVALS AND GAMES 1 Local Festivals The great National Festivals
146
The Olympic Games
147
The Pythian Games
148
The Nemean Games
149
Rewards of the Victors
151
The Olympiads and the Computation of Time founded on them
152
B ORACLES ESPECIALLY THE ORACLE OF DELPHI 10 Oracles in generalthe Oracle of Dodona
154
The Oracle of Apollo at Delphi
155
Decline of the Delphi Oracle
156
Other Oracles
157
The Amphictyoniæ at Thermopyla and Delphi Their extent object and history
158
Same subject continued
159
B LEAGUES BETWEEN THE INHABITANTS OF THE SAME DISTRICT 5 Of such Leagues in general
160
Leagues of the Boeotians
161
Mentheir mode of life
18
Other modes of sustaining the ancient discipline
19
Relaxation of discipline
20
INHABITANTS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
27
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ib 70
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B SENATUS
51
Consuls Decemviri Military Tribunes with consular
60
Quæstors
66
APPENDIX CRETE
73
Jurists
76
12 Priests for the Sibylline Books 127
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Fetiales 128
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Haruspices 129
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Communities of Priests for the service of particular deities the Vestals 130
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Salii Luperci Fratres Arvales Sodales Titii Galli 131
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Election of Priests 132
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Prayers and Vows 133
133
Sacrifices 134
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Games 135
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Holy Places and Furniture 137
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Division of Time 138
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CIVIL AND PRIVATE LIFE 1 Private and Domestic Life Education 141
141
Names 142
142
Coinage 143
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Measures 145
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Employment of Slaves ib 7 EmploymentsGames 146
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Buildings and Baths 148
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Dress 150
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Meals 152
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Funerals 153
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HISTORY OF ROMAN LITERATURE INTRODUCTION 1 Development of Roman Literature 155
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The Latin Language 156
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HISTORY OF ROMAN LITERATURE 3 First periodfrom the Building of Rome to the year B c 240 157
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Cicero 158
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The subject continued 159
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Poets 160
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Prose Writers 161
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Third period From the time of Cicero to the death of Augustus 162
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The subject continued 163
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Poets 164
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Prose Writers 166
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Fourth Periodfrom the death of Augustus to the Anto nines 169
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Poets ib 14 Prose Writers 170
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Fifth periodfrom the Antonines to the Fall of the Western Empire A D 476 172
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Sixth period 173
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The Alphabet Writing Materials Books Libraries 175
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Inscriptions 176
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Codices 177
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QUESTIONS 179
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1 Historical sketch of the Country 2 The Constitution
180
Discipline and mode of life FRA 71 72
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Page 3 - The recent investigations of philologists and jurists have been extensively, but carefully and circumspectly used. The conciseness and precision which the author has every where prescribed to himself, prevents the superficial observer from perceiving the essential superiority of the book to its predecessors, but whoever subjects it to a careful examination will discover this on every page.
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