Life in Ancient Rome

1. Life in Ancient Rome Chapter 10-1

2. Roman Culture • Copied Greeks • Changed the Greek ways to meet their own needs

3. Roman Art • Greek style statues • Roman statues had flaws, unlike Greeks

4. Octavian

5. Roman Architecture • Used Greek porches and columns • Added arches and domes • Vault – curved ceiling • Invented concrete, a mixture of volcanic ash, lime and water • Buildings of concrete • Colosseum • Pantheon

6. Colosseum

7. Pantheon

8. Roman Literature • Based on Greek works • Virgil – Aeneid • Horace – wrote satires (made fun) • Wrote odes – poems that express emotions • Ovid – wrote works based on Greek myths

10. Virgil reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia,[4] by Jean-Joseph Taillasson, 1787, an early neoclassical painting (National Gallery, London

11. Roman History • Livy – wrote “History of Rome” • Admired Roman achievements • Tactius – also a historian • Believed emperors took Romans’ freedoms

12. Roman Plays • Many based on Greek • Seneca • Plautus • Terence

13. Roman Language • Latin • Became Europe’s language for government, trade, instruction until 1500 • Many English words from Latin • Latin – foundation of Spanish, French, Italian

14. Latin Bible, 1407

15. Roman Cursive

16. Roman Science • Galen – anatomy (science about the structure of the human body) • Ptolemy – astronomer; mapped over 1,00 different stars • Engineering – • Roads and bridges • Aqueducts to bring in water • Sewers

18. Ptolemy

21. Daily Life in Rome • Forum – open space that served as marketplace and public square • Wealthy Romans – large, nice houses • City – crowded, noisy, dirty • Thieves • Fires/Buildings collapse • Government gave the poor “bread & circuses” to keep them from rioting • Gladiators – fought for entertainment

22. Roman Forum

23. Family Life in Rome • Large, extended families • Paterfamilias – the father, head of household • Boys • Some went to school and learned reading, writing, rhetoric (public speaking) • Girls • Studied at home • Learned household tasks

24. Roman Clothes • Toga – worn by men (after age 14-16) • Palla – worn by women (after marriage)

26. Women in Rome • Completely controlled by the paterfamilias • Wealthy women had some freedoms • Own land • Run a business • Sell property

27. Roman Slaves • By 100 B.C. 40% of Romans were slaves • Worked hard • Educated worked as teachers, doctors • Punished severely • Spartacus – slave who led a rebellion of 70,000 • 2 years later, revolt was crushed and 6,000 of his followers crucified

28. The Fall of Spartacus

29. Roman Religion • Greek gods and goddesses given Roman names • Roman emperors worshiped • Believed spirits lived in natural things • Honored gods • Altars in the homes • Offered food • prayed

30. Roman Philosophy • Stoicism – encouraged Romans to live a practical life