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Excerpt from Roman Antiquities, or an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans: Respecting Their Government, Magistracy, Laws, Judicial Proceedings, Religion, Games, Military and Naval Affairs Norman has more engaged the attention of literery men since the revival of learning, than to trace from ancient monuments' the instimtions and laws, the re on, the manners, and customs of the Romans, under the genera name of Roman Antiquities. This branch of knowledge is not only curious in itself, but absolutely necessary for understanding the Classics, and for reading with ad vantage the history of that celebrated people. It is particularly re quisito for such as prosecute the study of the civil law. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.