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Name 3 sources on Ancient Rome

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  1. Written sources {Cicero &and Pliny}
  2. Archaeological evidence
  3. Remains of Pompeii and Herculanium
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What did Roman men wear?

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  • Knee length tunics
  • Togas (special occasions)
  • Leather sandles
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What does ‘patrician’ mean?

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If you were a Roman patrician it would mean that you are a wealthy Roman man

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What does ‘plebian’ mean?

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If you are a plebian Roman you would be a more middle class Roman. Not as rich as the patricians but still not poor

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What did patrician men work as?

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They did very little work though some served as army generals, senators or orators

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What was the ‘dole’?

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This was free grain you received from the government if you were unemployed

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What did plebian men & women work as?

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They worked as shopkeepers, jewellers, fishermen, potters, traders, carpenters, bakers and soldiers

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What rights did Roman women have and not have?

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Roman women couldn’t become citizens & couldn’t vote however they could run their own business and own their own property

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What did patrician women do?

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Nothing, slaves did everything for them

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What did women wear and what did they look like?

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They wore

  • Stolas (long woolen tunics)
  • Pallas (cloaks)
  • Leather sandles
  • Lot of jewellery
  • Loved wearing makeup and having different hairstyles
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What did Roman girls play with?

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They played with dolls made of wood or wax

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What did Roman boys play with?

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They played with wooden swords and toy soldiers

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Where and when did patrician children attend school?

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They attended school at a ludus from 7-12

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Who were the children taught by?

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Greek slaves

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What did Patrician boys do after the finished the ludus?

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They attended a grammar school from 12-16 and here they studied Greek, History, Geography, Maths, Oratory and the great writers of Greece and Rome (e.g. Homer, Plato, Socrates and Aristotle)

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When could Romans marry?

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Girls -> 12

Boys -> 14

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What ritual did girls do before their wedding?

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The night before their wedding they would return their bulla to their father and give away all their toys

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What did slaves do?

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They cooked, cleaned, bathed farmed and did manual labor for their masters

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What was a domus?

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It was a one story detatched house that patricians lived in

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What was an atrium?

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A large open area in the centre of a domus with no roof or ceiling

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What is an impluvium

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A small pool that collected rainwater

22
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What was the cubiculum?

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The bedroom

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What was the culina?

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The kitchen

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What was the triclinium?

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Dining room

25
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What was in the peristylum

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Pillars and columns, herbs and flowers

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Insulae

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Block of flats that plebeians lived in

27
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What were thermoplae

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Roman takeaways

28
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What did Romans have for lunch

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Bread, salad, fruit and nuts

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Cena

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Dinner-> 3 courses

30
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What would Romans eat for their main course of cena

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Meat cooked in rich or spicy sauce. The meat would have been pork, bores head, ostrich, lobster or chicken

31
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Why did the Romans go to the baths

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To wash socialise and excersise

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What would you do at the bath

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1) slave massaged you with oil and scraped it off with a strigil
2) tepidarium (warm room)
3) caldrium (like a sauna)
4) frigidarium for a swim (cold room)

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Where was chariot racing held

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In an arena called a circus eg circus maximus in Rome

34
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Where did gladiators fight

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In ampitheatres eg coloseum in Rome

35
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Father of the gods

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Jupiter

36
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Godess of women and the home

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Juno

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Godess of love

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Venus

38
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God of war

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Mars

39
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Goddess of household and hearth

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Vesta

40
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Who were the vestal virgins

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6 patrician women who tended the sacred fire in vestas temple

41
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When did Christianity become the official religion of Rome

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306AD

42
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Describe the funeral of an important Roman

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  • They were accompanied by musicians, dancers and professional mourners
  • Before cremation, coins were placed on the eyes
  • Romans believed the person would have to pay the ferryman to be brought across the River Sticks into the afterlife
43
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What was the role of the Roman Army?

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  • Gained new territory

* Protected the empire

44
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The Roman army was divided into…

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Legions

45
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How many men were in a legion?

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4000

46
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Legions were split into…

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Centuries

47
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How many men were there in a century?

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100

48
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What were the Roman soldiers’ armor made from?

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Small metal plates sewn onto a leather tunic

49
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What weapons did the Roman soldiers carry?

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Sword, dagger, spear and shield

50
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What are the achievements of Ancient Rome?

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i) Still use Roman alphabet and numerals
ii) Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian are Romance languages because they are modern versions of Latin
iii) Use the Roman Calendar
iv) Inspired our architecture

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