Ancient Rome❌ Flashcards
What was the circus maxiums?
The largest stadium in Ancient Rome
How many people could the circus maxiums hold?
250000
What was the colosseum?
A place where you could watch human and animal fights and would be flooded for boat fights
How many people could the Colosseum hold?
25000
When was the Colosseum built?
172CE
What were the baths of Caracalla?
They were public baths
When were the baths of Caracalla built?
216AD
What were on the walls of the baths?
Mosaics which symbolised wealth even though it wasn’t very expensive so the poor could go
How were the baths heated up?
By boilers which were heated by furnaces
What were Patricans?
They were wealthy noble families who ruled Rome
What were plebeians?
Poor people of rome
What did the patricians severe in?
They served in senate and were military generals governors of Romes provinces
What did patrician men wear?
They wore a Tonga (a long white robe draped over the shoulders and down to their feet)
What did patrician woman wear?
They wore a stola (a long dress)
Where did patricans live?
They lived in a town called a domus or a villa if they live in the countryside
Where did the plebeians live?
They lived in a plebeian insula
Where did the poorest plebeians live?
They lived at the top of the plebeian insula and often 1 family would have to share a single room
What was life like living in a plebeian insula?
There was no running water, rubbish was thrown on to the streets. There was constant danger of fire from cooking and could easily spread through the wooden structures
How may slaves were there in Rome?
3000000
What were the different sources that slaves came from?
Any prisoners of war,children of slaves,people captured by pirates or bandits while travelling were often sold as slaves and parents in debt sometimes sold their own children into slavery
What age were woman normally getting married at?
14 or 15
Where was the wedding ceremony often held?
The brides house
What was a wife expected to do for her husband?
Make his clothes,supervise slaves and oversee the rearing of her children
What happend to women at childbirth?
They died so men often married several times and a girl could easily end up marrying a man her fathers age
