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Chapter 5: Ancient Rome

Chapter 5: Ancient Rome. Section 3: Culture and Society in the Roman World. Roman Literature. Virgil Wrote the A eneid An epic like the Odyssey it tells the story of an ideal hero Horace Wrote the Satires Openly mocks aspects of Roman Society Livy Roman historian

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Chapter 5: Ancient Rome

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  1. Chapter 5: Ancient Rome Section 3: Culture and Society in the Roman World

  2. Roman Literature • Virgil • Wrote the Aeneid • An epic like the Odyssey it tells the story of an ideal hero • Horace • Wrote the Satires • Openly mocks aspects of Roman Society • Livy • Roman historian • More interested in story than accuracy

  3. Roman Architecture • Greek Forms • Colonnades • Rectangular Buildings • Roman Forms • Arch • Vault • Dome

  4. Roman Arch

  5. Roman Vault

  6. Roman Dome

  7. Aqueducts

  8. Roman Entertainment • Gladiator Combat • Slaves and criminals fought • Animals also used • Served a political purpose

  9. Roman Entertainment • Hippodrome • Circus Maximus (largest – in Rome) • For chariot races

  10. Roman Theater

  11. Slavery in Rome • Slaves • As Empire grows so does supply of slaves • Living conditions generally poor • Domestic and commercial slaves • Slave revolts were a fear

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