The common people of ancient Rome : studies of Roman life and literature

Includes index How Latin became the language of the world -- The Latin of the common people -- The poetry of the common people of Rome: I. Their metrical epitaphs. II. Their dedicatory and ephemeral verses -- The origin of the realistic romance among the Romans -- Diocletian's edict and the high cost of living -- Private benefactions and their effect on the municipal life of the Roman -- Some reflections on corporations and trade guilds -- A Roman politician, Gaius Scribonius Curio -- Gauis Matius, a friend of Caesar