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POMPF.IANA. 141
Seneca speaks of the annoyance the neigh-
bours were subject to, from the disorderly
luxury of those who, changing night into
day, indulged in the false refinement and
late hours of the age.
Many causes for the houses having
acquired this form may be conjectured.
In the early ages of society, each might be
considered as representing a small city or
community, to which the surrounding wall
gave security": and, subsequently, when
every man assumed the right of overlook-
ing his more wealthy neighbour; when any
departure from a frugality ordained by
law was considered criminal; it became
necessary to the proprietor to secure him-
self against the misrepresentations of his
private enemies.
A jealousy, also, somewhat approach-
1 Houses were sometimes made very strong. Publius
Verus was accused of a design upon the liberties of the people
for the manner in which he built his house upon the Velian
hill.—Livy, V. 42.
Seneca speaks of the annoyance the neigh-
bours were subject to, from the disorderly
luxury of those who, changing night into
day, indulged in the false refinement and
late hours of the age.
Many causes for the houses having
acquired this form may be conjectured.
In the early ages of society, each might be
considered as representing a small city or
community, to which the surrounding wall
gave security": and, subsequently, when
every man assumed the right of overlook-
ing his more wealthy neighbour; when any
departure from a frugality ordained by
law was considered criminal; it became
necessary to the proprietor to secure him-
self against the misrepresentations of his
private enemies.
A jealousy, also, somewhat approach-
1 Houses were sometimes made very strong. Publius
Verus was accused of a design upon the liberties of the people
for the manner in which he built his house upon the Velian
hill.—Livy, V. 42.