ancient Rome life Flashcards
Who were
Patricians
The wealthy families who ruled Rome
What did men patricians wear?
A toga (a long white robe draped over the shoulder and down to the feet)
What did women patricians wear?
A stola (a long dress)
Where did patricians live?
A patrician house in a town was called a DOMUS and in the country was a villa.
What was the walled garden called in a domus?
The peristylium
What was the bedroom called in a domus?
Cubiculum.
How was a domus decorated?
The walls were decorated with paintings and the floors with mosaics.
Who were the plebeians?
The plebeians were the poor, who made up the vast majority of the population.
What were the jobs that plebeians normally had?
They normally farmed, worked in trades and served in the army.
What was the plebeians payment?
They were given a DOLE payment of free grain so they would support the rule of the patricians.
What did plebeian men wear?
Men wore a tunic to their knees.
What did plebeian woman wear?
Women wore a plain stola.
Where did plebeians live?
They lived in apartment blocks called insulae.
Information about the insulae.
They were usually 5 storeys high, the ground floor had shops or workshops that opened to the street. They higher you went the smaller the apartments get.
How was there a danger to fire in the insulae?
Because they used wood burning stoves for cooking, fire could easily spews through the insulae, the upper floors were made of wood.
How many slaves were there in Ancient Rome?
Over 300,000
Name a source of slaves.
- any prisoners of war became slaves.
- The children of slaves were automatically slaves.
- people captured by pirates or bandits while travelling were often sold as slaves.
- well- educated slaves we’re usually employed as teachers, secretaries and doctors.
What cruel conditions were there for a slave.
They get branded with their masters initials.
Name a rebellion that was caused by cruel conditions for slaves.
Gladiator Spartacus in 71 BC.
What would slaves do for work?
They would normally work in mines, on farms, in homes, cooking or looking after children.
What is proof of Ancient Rome?
- Ruins of buildings (colosseum)
- Pompeii (captures a moment in time)
- Roads
- Aqueducts
- Artefacts
- Writings- demonstrating education
What is the impact of Roman Empire in our world today?
- stadiums (colosseum, circus maximus)
- time (hours, days, planets, calendars)
- language ( latin- English, e.g. video- vide (to see)
- roads ( travel, concrete)
- tourism ( Pompeii, colosseum, etc.)
What’s a conerratio?
Román wedding ceremony
What are the 2 main jobs for patricians?
- general for army
- cenator
What was the hall called in a domus?
The atrium
What was the office called in a domus?
A tablinum
What’s the dining room called in a domus?
Triclinium
What’s the kitchen called in a domus?
The culina
What was the shrine where family would pray to household gods in a domus?
Lararium
What was the pool called in a domus?
The impluvium
Where were the slaves mostly in a domus?
Culina or slave quarters
How can a slave become free?
Manumission
Name a written primary source from the Romans?
Written sources from Pliny the younger.
Were women, patrician or plebeian, able to vote or take part in public life?
No.
What age did Roman girls usually get married?
By the age of 14 or 15.
What was a wife expected to do?
Run her husband’s home, supervise slaves, bear a som and oversee the rearing of children.
What kind of education did Roman children have?
A basic education at home, then began working with their parents.
Where would boys (and some girls) attend to learn?
Between to age of seven to twelve they attended a LUDUS, where they learned reading, writing and arithmetic.
At 12, where would Boys attend to learn?
They attended a grammaticus, where they learned history, grammar, geometry and literature.
At 16, where would a patrician boy go to learn?
An oratory, to learn the art of public speaking.
What age did a solider Enlist on the army and how long did he serve?
At the age of 20, and served for 25 years.
What were soldiers often employed to do when not on campaign?
To build public works such as aqueducts, bridges, defensive walls and roads.
Where did a dead person have to cross?
The River Styx into the underworld.
Where would a patricians body be carried?
Through the city on a litter.
Who is the god of war?
Mars
Who is the god of love?
Venus
