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Write down one thing you know about ancient Rome. Write down one thing you want to know.

Write down one thing you know about ancient Rome. Write down one thing you want to know. Brain Storm. Daily life in Rome. https:// www.youtube.com / watch?v =swhEbBDwM0I. Clothing. The Tunic. The Toga. The Roman House. People’s roles. https:// www.youtube.com / watch?v =jt9rZcWelbg.

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Write down one thing you know about ancient Rome. Write down one thing you want to know.

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  1. Write down one thing you know about ancient Rome. Write down one thing you want to know.

  2. Brain Storm

  3. Daily life in Rome • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swhEbBDwM0I

  4. Clothing • The Tunic • The Toga

  5. The Roman House

  6. People’s roles • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt9rZcWelbg

  7. Reading • Be prepared to answer questions

  8. Social Structure in Rome

  9. Slaves in Rome • Slaves are born • Slaves are captured and sold through war and Piracy • A slave may be freed or buy freedom • “I have run away. Capture me. When you have returned me to my master, Zoninus, you will receive a reward.”

  10. Freed People • Free from slavery, purchased or manumitted (released) • Free to move up but most very poor • Next generation could become citizens

  11. Citizens • Free born citizens • Could contract a legal marriage • Could beget legal children • SAGE time • Got to wear a toga

  12. Equestrians • Based on economic status • Needed to prove a stable minimum wealth • Narrow striped tunic • Merchants, traders, slave owners, gladiators

  13. Senatorial • Senators and family • Mostly nobility (Family related to a consul)

  14. More Food • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cn9Z4-zc1s

  15. Write a story… • You just woke up in the morning… • What class are you? • What do you put on? • What do you eat? • What does your house look like? • What are you going to do today?

  16. Bread and Circuses Gladiators: Blood for Votes

  17. Honor • Munus- a display for a funeral • Nourish the honored dead with blood • An alternative to sacrifice

  18. Gladiators • Slaves, Criminals, and Prisoners of War • Free men could take the oath • Lost their fortune • Retain honor • Treated as an athlete today • Ultimate social disgrace • Caligula and Commodus

  19. Types of gladiators • Many types with different strengths and weaknesses • Represented conquered peoples in armor and weapons

  20. The fight • Sin Missione- Without release (to the death). • Rare because gladiators were expensive • Usually, the loser begged mercy

  21. Ask the Audience • Thumbs up or thumbs down • What do you think? • A win equals money and fame

  22. The Colleseum • Amphatheatre • 40,000-60,000

  23. Political • Republic to win votes • During empire: • Gave commons a forum to speak. • Showed emperor as a moan of the people.

  24. Roman Culture • What do Gladiatorial games tell us about Rome? • Violent • Bloodlust • Warrior culture • Reinforces military success

  25. Venatio • Represented hunts • Untrained gladiators • Animals sometimes won • Sometimes animal performances • Exotic and fierce • Some hunted to extinction

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