By Julia Darrow Cowles
ISBN-10: 1599152851
ISBN-13: 9781599152851
In the course of the tale of Marcus and his progress to manhood within the last days of the Roman Republic, we find a lot approximately lifestyles and customs in historical Rome. We accompany Marcus as he learns his classes in class, joins his father on a visit to the Senate, can pay a trip to his father's farm, and watches the triumph of a triumphant common. The crowning second comes whilst Marcus assumes the toga, the mark of a Roman citizen. compatible for a long time eight and up.
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He fastened the two together by lacing cords through holes in one edge of each frame, so that the two waxed surfaces were inside. Then Drusus took his stylus and wrote the letter as Gaius told him. After it was finished, he bound the double tablet about with a cord, so that nothing could mar the inner surfaces upon which the letter was written. He then fastened the ends of the cord with wax, which he stamped with Gaius' seal. The next morning a foot-runner was called and the letter was given to him to take to Rome.
Lucius, who was only seven, sat with the beginners, for this was the age at which the boys of Rome entered school. There were no desks in the room. The teacher, or master, sat in a chair upon a raised platform. Each of the boys had a bench, with a stool for his feet so that his knees could be used for a desk. After all were in their places, the master left his chair and, going from one pupil to another, wrote a maxim at the top of each boy's tablet. The tablet was not a block of paper, for no one had heard of paper in those days.
The funeral occurred very early. A public crier first went about the streets of the city calling aloud in these words: "The general, Antonius, has been surrendered to death. For those who find it convenient, it is now time to attend the funeral. " Tullius, followed by Aulus, was quickly joined by Marcus and Glaucon, and they took their places beside the roadway. "We shall not have long to wait," said Marcus, as they heard the strains of music in the distance, and soon the procession came in sight.