Daily Life in Ancient Rome

1. Daily Life in Ancient Rome What was life like in a Roman family? What were Roman houses like? What was the city of Pompeii like before the eruption of Vesuvius

2. What was life like in a Roman family? Did you know that… Life in Roman times for women was quite hard. The father was the most important member of the family. He had the power of life or death over everyone. When a new baby was born it would be laid at its father's feet - if the father picked the baby up it would live, and if he ignored the baby it would be taken away to die. Mothers and children were never seen as important. From the 1st century B.C. women began to have more rights and could divorce unkind husbands. But they were never seen as really being equal to men.

3. What about Caecilius? Pompeii in 1st Century AD • 1. When and where did Caecilius live? • 2. What was the population? • 3. Where is his city located? • 4. What jobs did Caeciliushave? • 5. What were two ways that Caecilius got his money? 10,000 Campania region near Naples Banker, auctioneer, tax collector, farmer, ran a cleaning/dyeing business, owned shops, dealt in slaves, timber, cloth and property Inherited from father and was a good businessman

4. What about Caecilius? LuciusCaeciliusIucundus • 1. What was Caecilius' full name and what does it tell us about him? • 2. What two rights did Caecilius have? • 3. What rights did a slave have and what was the exception? • 4. Describe the three parts of a Roman name. a. b. c. Only Roman citizens could have 3 names; slave would have just one He could vote and was fully protected under the law. Slaves had no rights except that they could not be put to death without just cause. 1st name was a personal name; like modern 1st name 2nd name shows that he was member of the clan of the Caecilii 3rd name is his own family and close relatives

5. What about Metella? • What was Metella's main responsibility? • In what two other areas would she work? • What six activities could married Roman women do? • Who was Eumachia and why was she special? Efficient and economical management of the home At home, she would supervise the slaves. Out of the home, she would promote her husband socially. Shop, visit friends, go to the baths, worship in the temples, attend the theatre, and accompany her husband to banquets. She was an influential Pompeian businesswoman and priestess. She was a patroness of the powerful cloth workers and merchants.

6. The Roman House • 1. List three ways a Roman house differs from a modern one. • 2. What was special about the windows? • 3. What did the Roman house look like on the outside? What was the purpose for this? • 4. How many major parts were there to the Roman house? • 5. What was the most important part of the house? Why was this so? • 6. What is the difference between the compluvium and impluvium? • 7. Did Romans normally have doors inside their homes? If not, what did they use? • 8. What was the most striking feature of the atrium? • 9. What four things might be found in it? • 10. Describe Roman wallpaper. • 11. Describe the peristylium. • T or F. • ___12. Roman houses such as Caecilius' were very common. • ___13. Shopkeepers often lived over their shops. • ___14. Apartment buildings were often several stories high.

8. http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/house.html • http://www.thecolefamily.com/italy/pompeii/