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Rome: cultural and everyday life Flashcards

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Main features of: insulae

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  • apartment housing for common people
  • very crowded/dodgy
  • constant fear of collapse
  • above or behind tabernae
  • no cooking allowed inside due to insulae made of wood
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Main features of: Domus

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  • upper class
  • single house
  • inward facing (dissuade burglars + increased privacy)
  • centred around the central courtyard (atrium/peristyle)
  • brick with tiled roofs
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Main features of villa

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large, surrounded cities

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Main features of: roads

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  • designed for/by military
  • fastest direct route to particular place
  • used also by trade/communication
  • slightly curved to direct water
  • epigraphic evidence (twelve tables) saying roads be 8ft/12ft wide
  • 3 layers (Foundation rubble, rudus well compacted, summum dermum paved)
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What was the Via Appia and Via Sacra

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Appia: main road,
Sacra: road into forum

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Main features of: Regia

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  • administrative
  • official headquarters of Pontifex Maximus
  • archives and records
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Main features of: Basilica Julia

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  • Commercial and Judicial
  • tabernae and civil law courts
  • used in the sessions of Centumviri
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Main features of Basilica Aemelia

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  • Commercial
  • tabernaes
  • bankers and money changes too
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Main features of Curia

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  • Political
  • foot of Capitoline Hill
  • all political/military matters discussed
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Main features of Temple of Vesta

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  • Vestal virgins

- contains Sacred fire (symbolises Rome’s luck)

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Main features of Temple of Saturn

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  • religious and administrative
  • official treasury of Rome
  • housed state archives/official weights
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Main features of Tabularium

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  • Administrative
  • official records office
  • housed city officials (office)
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Main features of Rostra

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  • political

- The platform where speeches are made

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Main features of Comitium

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  • space where voting took place
  • Rome was buildings
  • gathering place for assemblies
    held TWELVE TABLES
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Main features of Circus

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  • mass entertainment venue
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Main features of Circus Maximus

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  • chariot racing
  • entertainment
  • games, gladiatorial fights
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Main features of Campus Martius

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  • public and military training ground
  • outside pomperium/Servian walls
  • was the focus of triumphs of successful military campaigns
  • those could keep imperium here, not in Rome
  • housed foreign ambassadors (eg. ISIS)
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Main features of Cloaca Maxima

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  • water from drains/baths/latrines/toilets/fountains discharge into Rome’s drainage and wastewater collection system
  • emptied into Tiber river, polluting it
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Main features of Hypocaust system

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  • heating system used in thermaes
  • heated water used for hot baths produced steam
  • circulated via special channels under floor and walls
  • terracotta pipes allowed steam to escape
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Main features of aqueducts

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  • collect fresh water
  • firstly from Tiber (dirty), Apennine Mountains
  • Had a constant supply of water to Rome
  • conduit carried water
  • covered to prevent water being contaminated
  • flowed by GRAVITY
  • not stored, flushes streets
  • tunnels, two tier, siphons
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Main features of thermae

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  • socially important
  • regularly went to
  • gender separated
  • only the wealthy had one in the home
  • some had Palaestrae
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Distribution process of water:

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  • originates in the Apennine Mountains
  • carried to Rome via aqueducts
  • enters cisterns (castella) –> through lead/terracotta pipes to forica, thermae, public fountains, private homes
  • waste/excess water goes into Cloaca Maxima–> Tiber river
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Main features of Forica

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  • communal, large open area

- only wealthy had private ones

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Main features of Gladiators

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  • prisoners of war
  • slaves
  • entertainment
  • fought to the death
  • wooden sword freed them from slavery/arena
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Main features of theatres

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  • hosted plays, open air
  • provided comforts to the audience
  • the amphitheatre was elliptical
  • wild animals were also featured

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