Chapter XVIII. The Courts and the Orators. The

Great Baths. The Public Parks and Environs of Rome

298. Roman Court Procedure Highly Scientific 353

299. The Great Tribunals in the Basilicas 354

300. Great Stress on Advocacy 355

301. Cheap Pettifogging Lawyers 356

302. Character Witnesses; Torture of Slave Witnesses 357

303. Written Evidence; High Development of the Advocate’s Art 357

304. Popularity and Necessity of the Baths 358

305. Luxurious Private Baths 359

306. Government and Privately Owned Public Baths: Both Very Popular 360

307. The Great Baths of Trajan: Baths, Club-House, and Café 361

308. Heterogeneous Crowds in the Great Baths 362

309. Entering the Thermæ 363

310. Interior of the Baths: the Cold Room (_Frigidarium_) 364

311. The Great Swimming Pool and the _Tepidarium_ 365

312. The Hot Baths (_Caldaria_): Their Sensuous Luxury 366

313. Restaurants, Small Shops, and Sports in or around the Baths 367

314. The Great Porticoes along the Campus Martius. The Park System towards the Tiber 368

315. Public Buildings upon the Campus Martius 369

316. The Tombs of Hadrian and Augustus 370