Ancient Rome Flashcards
Ancient rome
753BC-476AD
population of ancient Rome
over 45 million people
rich romans
patricians
underfloor heating
hypocaust
dinner of the patricians
cena[crows], dormice ,swans.peacocks
7-11 school
ludus
12-16 school
boys went to grammar school
Men’s wear
tunic,toga,sandals
women’s wear
tunic,stola if married,sandels,jewellery
poor romans
plebians
poor roman finance
given adole of free grain
plebians food
used garum to mask the taste of rotten food
chariot racing
circus maximums
mars
god of war
venus
goddess of love
slave population
1/3 of pop-slaves
slave markets
salves bought and sold at markets
slave owners
owners had power of life and death over their slaves
cold bath
frigidurium
hot bath
caldarium
strigil
instrument used to scape dirt and sweat away
circus maximus
-chariot racing
-250,000 people
-raced 7 time around the track
pantheon
building to honour the gods
catacombs
underground tunnels where dead bodies were paced