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288 POMPEIANA.
Law the lower fourteen were reserved
for the dignified orders. Under Pompey
they first became regular structures ; and
subsequently Augustus' undertook to re-
gulate the disorder which continually arose
amongst the spectators in a space so un-
defined, and of which every part was easily
accessible to any individual who had once
made good an entry \
When Augustus assigned to each
order its place, he distributed the military
distinct from the populace. Separate
cunei and cinctions were allotted to the
priests, the vestals, and various distin-
guished orders. To the senators were re-
served the seats in the immediate vicinity
of the orchestra, and amongst them sat
the ambassadors of foreign nations3; while
women and strangers were withdrawn to
the galleries, which ranged around the
1 Suetonius, in Aug. 44. ~ Tacitus, 13—54.
3 For the observances imposed, see the Prologue to the
Pamiut of Plautus.
Law the lower fourteen were reserved
for the dignified orders. Under Pompey
they first became regular structures ; and
subsequently Augustus' undertook to re-
gulate the disorder which continually arose
amongst the spectators in a space so un-
defined, and of which every part was easily
accessible to any individual who had once
made good an entry \
When Augustus assigned to each
order its place, he distributed the military
distinct from the populace. Separate
cunei and cinctions were allotted to the
priests, the vestals, and various distin-
guished orders. To the senators were re-
served the seats in the immediate vicinity
of the orchestra, and amongst them sat
the ambassadors of foreign nations3; while
women and strangers were withdrawn to
the galleries, which ranged around the
1 Suetonius, in Aug. 44. ~ Tacitus, 13—54.
3 For the observances imposed, see the Prologue to the
Pamiut of Plautus.