OR

AN ACCOUNT OF

THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS

OF

THE ROMANS;

DESIGNED

TO ILLUSTRATE THE LATIN CLASSICS,

BY EXPLAINING WORDS AND PHRASES, FROM THE RITES AND CUSTOMS
TO WHICH THEY REFER.

BY ALEXANDER ADAM, LL.D.,

RECTOR OF THE HIGH SCHOOL OF EDINBURGH.

WITH NUMEROUS NOTES, AND IMPROVED INDICES.

BY JAMES BOYD, LL.D.,

ONE OF THE MASTERS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, EDINBURGH.

Illustrated by upwards of 100 Engravings on Wood and Steel.

SIXTH EDITION.

GLASGOW:

BLACKIE & SON, 8, EAST CLYDE STREET,
AND 5, SOUTH COLLEGE STREET, EDINBURGH;

W. CURRY, JUN., & CO., DUBLIN; AND THOMAS TEGG & SON, LONDON.

MDCCCXXXV.

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AGLIONBY ROSS CARSON, Esq., LL.D.,

F. R. S. AND F. A. S., EDIN., &c. &c.,

THIS EDITION OF

ADAM'S ROMAN ANTIQUITIES

Es respectfully dedicated,

IN TESTIMONY OF THE EDITOR'S ADMIRATION

OF THE DISTINGUISHED TALENT, SCHOLARSHIP, AND PROFESSIONAL SKILL,

BY WHICH,

As Rector of the High School of Edinburgh,

HE SUSTAINS THE REPUTATION OF THAT SEMINARY OF WHICH DR ADAM

WAS SO LONG THE ORNAMENT AND BOAST.

HIGH SCHOOL, EDINBURGH, Dec., 1833.