Daily Life in Imperial Rome

I. Lingua Latina

• Words attributed to some Julio-Claudian emperors

1. O homines ad servitutem paratos! (allegedly said by Tiberius about Roman senators)
   
2. Utinam populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet! (supposedly said by Caligula)
   

• Phrases connected with Nero

1. occidat, dum imperet (from Tacitus)
2. ventrem feri (from Tacitus)
3. qualis artifex pereo (from Suetonius)

• Petronius (probably ca. 26 CE- 66 CE):

1. arbiter elegantiae (Tacitus' description of Petronius)
2. cave canem (on fresco outside Trimalchio's door)

• Evulgato imperii arcano (Tacitus on the deposition of Nero)
• Puto deus fio (allegedly Vespasian's last words)
• Felicior Augusto, melior Traiano (Senate's wishes for new emperors)

From Juvenal

1. difficile est saturam non scribere
2. panem et circenses
3. mens sana in corpore sano

On Law

• Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus (Cicero).

On architecture

• Urbem latericium invenit, marmoream reliquit (Augustus)

Some Graffiti from Pompeii

• C. Pumidius Dipilus Heic Fuit
• Augii Amat Allotenum
• Philiiros spado

Remaining from Tuesday: Art and Architecture in Imperial Rome

II. The Roman Home

A. In the city: domus and insula

B. In the country: villa

III. Personal appearance

• clothing
• hairstyles
• jewelry

IV. Diversity and Unity

A. Distance and diversity: Multiculturalism

B. Uniting the empire

• Roads and Bridges
• Greek and Latin
• Worship of the emperor
• Law
• Cities
• Trade