Roman Flashcards

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The name of poor Romans house and described rooms

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Plebeians lived in small block of flats called insulae

They were usually 4 or 5 storeys high

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Rich persons house and describe the rooms

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A partricians would live in villas
They owned slaves. front room opened out onto the street where shops were
Impluvium (shallow pool) were in there gardens.
Inside the front door was a hall open to the sky called an atrium

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5 food/drink

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Food:bread salad fruit nuts

Drink:wine mixed with water

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Roman fashion

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A toga was the official dress of a Roman it was like a sheet draped in folds around the body it was cold and uncomfortable so they did not wear them a lot of the time
Men wore knee length tunics
Women wore long tunics belted

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Subject they learned

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Reading
Writing
Arithmetic
Greek and Latin writers

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Names of Roman gods

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Jupiter was the father God
Venus was the goddess of love
Mars was the God of war

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5 key fact of Christianity in Rome

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  1. In ad 337 emperor constintine became a Christian
  2. Roman did not want to follow Christianity because they followed more then 1 God hundreds of Christians were killed because of this
  3. christianity started after ad 30
  4. christianity was made the official religion of the empire
  5. romans were tolerate of other gods
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1 burrial custom/ thing that happened in a burrial

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When a person died the family would put coins on there eyes to pay fare to the next world

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Name 3 thing that happened in an important mans funeral

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  1. The funeral was held in a forum
  2. their body was carried from their home
  3. they were followed by dancers
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3 types of Roman entertainment

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  1. Chariot racing:held in circus maximus it had room for 250,000 people it was a horse race
  2. Roman baths
  3. Gladiator contests
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Name underground cemeteries

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Catacombs

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3 reasons why Rome ended

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German tribes poured into the Roman Empire looking for treasure
They took over parts of Europe
Angles and Saxons replaced the Romans and the celts

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5 areas of life were Romans infuence us today

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In our language 
In chariot racing we do horse racing 
They did reading and writing in school so do we 
Gladiator racing is like wrestling 
Roman numerals
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