Prefatory Note
How Latin Became the Language of the World
The Latin of the Common People
The Oath of Strasburg of 842
The Poetry of the Common People of Rome
II. Their Dedicatory and Ephemeral Verses
The Origin of the Realistic Romance among the Romans
Diocletian's Edict and the High Cost of Living
Private Benefactions and Their Effect on the Municipal Life of the Romans
Some Reflections on Corporations and Trades-Guilds
A Roman Politician
Gaius Matius, a Friend of Caesar
Footnotes