Index:Influence of Wealth in Imperial Rome, The (1910).djvu

Title	The Influence of Wealth in Imperial Rome
Author	William Stearns Davis
Year	1910
Publisher	Macmillan Co.
Location	New York
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CONTENTS

1. CHAPTER

   PAGE

2. Preface ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   i

3. I.

   The Business Panic of 33 A.D. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   1

4. II.

   Political Corruption and High Finance, Especially Under the Later Republic ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   6

5. 1.

   The Increasing Scramble for Wealth ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   6

6. 2.

   Bribery and Political Corruption ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   10

7. 3.

   The Plundering by Governors in the Provinces ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   16

8. 4.

   The Tax-farmers and Usurers Under the Republic ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   23

9. III.

   Commerce, Trade and the Accumulation of Wealth ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   37

10. 1.

    The Prosperity of the Early Empire, and the Process of Romanization ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    37

11. 2.

    The Ancient Attitude Toward the Means of Gain ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    56

12. 3.

    Great Fortunes and Millionaires ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    65

13. 4.

    Banking and Interest ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    72

14. 5.

    Sea Traffic and Foreign Commerce ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    80

15. 6.

    Roman Roads and Land Travel ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    95

16. 7.

    Internal Commerce and Industry ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    105

17. 8.

    Local Trading, Especially in Rome ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    115

18. 9.

    The Professional Careers as Means of Livelihood ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    122

19. 10.

    Landed Property ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    138

20. IV.

    The Expenditure of Wealth ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    152

21. 1.

    Roman Luxury and Roman Sumptuary Laws ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    152

22. 2.

    Debtors and Spendthrifts ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    163

23. 3.

    Houses and Villas ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    167

24. 4.

    Gourmandizing, Costly Funerals and Other Extravagances ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    174

25. 5.

    The Delators ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    187

26. V.

    Slaves, Freedmen and Plebeians ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    194

27. 1.

    The Life of the Lower Classes in Rome ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    194

28. 2.

    The Slaves ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    206

29. 3.

    The Freedmen ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    217

30. 4.

    The Condition and Rise of the Lower Classes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    224

31. 5.

    The Roman Guilds ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    229

32. 6.

    The Small Farmers and Coloni ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    237

33. VI.

    Private Munificence and Some Modern Phases ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    248

34. 1.

    The Ancient Idea of Beneficence ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    248

35. 2.

    The Benefactions of the Rich ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    253

36. 3.

    Private and Semi-Private Exhibitions of Games ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    263

37. 4.

    The Sportula. Receipt of Donatives by the Rich ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    268

38. 5.

    Presents on the Saturnalia ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    273

39. 6.

    Certain "Modern" Phases ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    276

40. 7.

    "Back to the Country" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    283

41. VII.

    Marriage, Divorce and Childlessness ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    288

42. 1.

    Money and Motives in Marriage ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    288

43. 2.

    Divorce and the Causes Thereof ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    291

44. 3.

    Childlessness ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    296

45. 4.

    Marriage Legislation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    300

46. 5.

    Happier Marriages ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    305

47. 6.

    Legacy Hunting ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    309

48. VIII.

    Some Reasons Why the Roman Empire Fell ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    314