lecticae

Updated: May 17, 2025

Silken curtains were suspended over the doors and from the ceilings, and lecticae, like palanquins, were borne through the streets by slaves, on which reclined the effeminated wives and daughters of the rich. Their gardens were rendered attractive by green-houses, flower-beds, and every sort of fruit and vine. But it was at their banquets the Romans displayed the greatest luxury and extravagance.

John Lord - The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.