... the Forum Romanum. (page 2), passing the Palatine Hill where the Emperor Domitian had his palace. Euphrosyne and her slave would then have continued through the Subura, a densely populated district north of the Forum, full of shops and large blocks of flats (insulae). Its inhabitants were mostly poor and some were very poor indeed. They included barbers, shoemakers, weavers, butchers, blacksmiths, thieves, prostitutes and vegetable sellers. Several Roman writers refer to the Subura, and give a vivid impression of its noise, dirt and its crowds. The following passage from Juvenal describes a street which could possibly have been in the Subura: "We hurry on, but the way's blocked; there's a tidal wave of people in front, and we're pushed and prodded from behind. One man digs me with his elbow, another with the pole of a litter; somebody catches me on the head with a plank, and somebody else with ...

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