Town Life in Ancient Italy (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Town Life in Ancient Italy Mid such surroundings, then, one would pass through a suburb occupied by people of the lower class, such as muleteers 3 and peddlers, and reach one Of the gates of the city proper. Cities, however, which in earlier times had been securely fortified were now Open. Since Rome had become mistress of the world and universal peace seemed within grasp, there was no thought Of any peril threatening Italy, the very heart and home of the government. Strong ramparts (and even Pompeii had them) appeared, therefore, to be useless, and they were torn down wherever they hindered the expanding life and commerce of the city. In Pompeii, for the entire distance from the Forum Triangulare to the Ports Herculanea, the walls were actually displaced by three-story houses.' 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.