15.)  At  Borne,  there  muat  have  been  many  iiuis
to  accommodatA  atrangeix,  but  they  an  hardly  ever
■poken  of.  We,  however,  End  Sequent  mention
i^  bouaea  where  wine  and  resdy-dreaacd  proviaioiu
were  Bold,  and  which  appear  to  have  been  nume-
rooa  in  all  parte  of  the  city.  The  hoasea  where
peraona  were  allowed  to  eat  and  drink  wen  nanatly
called  PcjiBiat  and  not  cauponse ;  and  the  keepera
of  them,  Pcpae.  They  wen  principally  freqnented
by  ilavn  and  the  lower  danea  (Cic  Pro  MO.  24),
and  wen  eonacqnently  only  furnithed  with  itooU
to  tit  upon  instead  of  couchea,  whence  Martial  (t.
70)  calll  theae  placea  idlariolai  papima.  Ttiii
cirotunatanco  ia  illuatratod  by  a  painting  found  at
Pompeii  in  a  wine-ahop,  re^tteaditiag  a  diinkin^-
acenc.  There  are  four  peraona  aittmg  on  itoolB
nund  a  tripod  table.  The  dreia  of  two  of  the
Gguna  ia  lemarkable  for  the  hoodi,  which  Rsemhle


thoae  of  the  oapotea,  worn  by  the  Italian  nUara
and  fiabermen  of  the  preaent  day.  They  uae  etipa
made  of  horn  inatead  of  g^aaBea,and  from  their
whole  q>pearance  evidentiy  belong  to  the  lower
orden.  Above  them  an  diflerent  aorta  of  eatablea
hung  upon  a  row  of  pega.
