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  • A Handshake and a Broken Jar: Seeking Law in 110 AD

    A Handshake and a Broken Jar: Seeking Law in 110 AD
    2026/10/30
    After receiving cracked wine amphorae secured only by a handshake, a Roman citizen visits a jurist and a scribe in the portico to learn the hard legal truth about oral contracts. To protect his next purchase, he gathers a baker and a cobbler as witnesses to seal a formal verbal promise.
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    6 分
  • A Lead Curse for a Stolen Cloak

    A Lead Curse for a Stolen Cloak
    2026/10/28
    After his cloak and tunic are stolen at the Baths of Trajan, a Roman citizen bypasses the courts to seek justice from an illicit curse writer past the Subura. To reclaim his stolen clothes, he commissions a curse tablet against a suspected freedman and delivers it to the sacred fountain of Anna Perenna.
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    6 分
  • Morning at the Forum: Reading Rome's Daily News

    Morning at the Forum: Reading Rome's Daily News
    2026/10/26
    A Roman wine seller braves the morning crush in the Forum to hear the Acta read aloud from its whitened board. Standing alongside slaves, traders, and an old cobbler neighbor, he listens for game announcements, grain prices at Ostia, and the latest city gossip.
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    7 分
  • A Roman Wedding, from Veil to Threshold

    A Roman Wedding, from Veil to Threshold
    2026/10/23
    A wine seller near the Forum witnesses Fabia and Quintus’s wedding, from the woolen girdle and flame-colored veil to torches, bawdy street songs, and the careful crossing of the threshold. Through one ordinary Roman’s eyes, discover how marriage customs, household gods, omens, and neighborhood life shape a day in Rome in 110 AD.
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    7 分
  • A Pinch of Memory: Witnessing a Roman Debt

    A Pinch of Memory: Witnessing a Roman Debt
    2026/10/21
    On the crowded Argiletum, a cobbler’s unpaid bill turns into a lesson in Roman law—and a choice for a passerby asked to witness a court summons. Explore the Twelve Tables, the ear-pinching ritual of memory, and how public pressure and a family payment can settle a dispute before it ever reaches the praetor.
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    7 分
  • A Day at the Circus Maximus: Rome’s Races and Rivalries

    A Day at the Circus Maximus: Rome’s Races and Rivalries
    2026/10/19
    In Trajan’s Rome, a day at the Circus Maximus brings sausage sellers, bookmakers, whispered curses, crowded benches, and the dangerous spectacle of chariot racing. Through one Green supporter’s eyes, discover how the races let ordinary Romans share the same seats, cheer unlikely heroes, and shout their grievances toward the emperor.
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    8 分
  • A Place at the Patron’s Table

    A Place at the Patron’s Table
    2026/10/16
    A Roman citizen finally dines at his patron’s table, where the right linen napkin, place on the couch, and quality of wine mark the distance between honor and dependence. As he weighs a request that could save his market stall, he navigates the rituals of the meal—and brings home a few sweets for his daughter.
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    6 分