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Roman Society and Culture

Roman Society and Culture. 1. Life in Imperial Rome. For the Rich Had two homes: city and country home called a villa Had running water and baths Wealthy men were in politics. b. For the Poor Lived in crowed 3 or 4 story apartments

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Roman Society and Culture

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  1. Roman Society and Culture

  2. 1. Life in Imperial Rome • For the Rich • Had two homes: city and country home called a villa • Had running water and baths • Wealthy men were in politics

  3. b. For the Poor • Lived in crowed 3 or 4 story apartments • Free food and public entertainment was used to keep the poor from rebelling

  4. c. Public Entertainment • Circuses • Chariot Racing • Circus Maximus could accommodate 250,000 people

  5. 2. Amphitheaters • Animal fights • Gladiators

  6. 3. Public Baths • http://www.romanbaths.co.uk/default.aspx

  7. d. Family • Paterfamilias or Family Father • Head of Family • Emphasis on virtues such as simplicity, religious devotion and obedience • Adoption • One way to ensure family name carried on

  8. iv. Roman Women • Relied on a male guardian • Could own and inherit property • Lower class women could work outside the home

  9. e. Education • Upper classes placed great value on education • Children taught at home • Wealthy hired tutors or sent sons to exclusive schools

  10. f. Religion • Adopted many elements of Greek mythology • Worshiped house hold gods called penates • Emperor worshiped as a god • Emphasis on signs • Augurs were priest who interpret signs

  11. 2. Rome’s Cultural Legacy • Science and Engineering • Galen • Wrote several volumes summarizing all the medical knowledge of his day

  12. ii. Ptolemy • Synthesized all the knowledge of others in a single theory in astronomy • Believed the earth was the center of the universe

  13. iii. Aqueducts • Man-made channels used to bring water to the cities

  14. b. Architecture • Round arch and vault c. Language and literature • Latin

  15. d. Law • Civil law • Based on a written code of laws • Adopted by many European countries after the fall of Rome • Influence still seen in the legal systems of most of the world

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