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From the PREFACE(s):The editor has endeavored in the following pages to give some account of the customs and institutions of the Romans and of ancient Mythology in a form adapted to the use of classical schools.In making the compilation he has freely drawn from all creditable sources of information within his reach, but chiefly from the following: Sketches of the institutions and domestic customs of the Romans, published in London a few years since; from the works of Adams, Kennett, Lanktree, Montfaucon, Middleton and Gesner: upon the subject of Mythology, from Bell, Spense, Pausanias, La Pluche, Plutarch, Pliny, Homer, Horace, Virgil, and many others to whom reference has been occasionally made. Boston, July, 1832.________________________________________In the second edition now offered to the public much has been added to the department of Antiquities. A more comprehensive chapter upon the weights, measures and coins of the Romans has been substituted in the place of the former one, and many other improvements made which it is hoped will be found acceptable. As it was not thought expedient to increase the size of the volume, the additions have been made by excluding the questions. Boston, May, 1833.________________________________________ CONTENTS. 1. Foundation of Rome and division of inhabitants 92. The Senate 133. Other divisions of the Roman people 184. Gentes and Familiæ, Names of the Romans 195. Private rights of Roman citizens 216. Public rights of Roman citizens 237. Places of worship 248. Other public buildings 269. Porticos, arches, columns, and trophies 3010. Bagnios, aqueducts, sewers, and public ways 3211. Augurs and Auguries 3312. Aruspices, Pontifices, Quindecemviri, Vestals, &c. 3413. Religious ceremonies of the Romans 3714. The Roman year 3915. Roman games 4216. Magistrates 4417. Of military affairs 4918. Assemblies, judicial proceedings, and punishments of the Romans 5319. Roman dress 5720. Fine arts and lite