Ancient Rome

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Ancient Rome

• Gladys Perdomo
• Computers Social Studies 6-2

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The Location of Rome

• Rome was is in the southwestern part of Europe.
  It took up all of what Italy is today. It in the
  best years came to take over some of Africa.It
  also took part of Greece.

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Breakfast in ancient Rome

• The upper class Romans (patricians)
• enjoyed fresh meat, fish, fruits, vegetables,
  bread, and used honey to sweeten food. (Sugar was
  unknown). They had slaves to cook and clean.
  Slaves cut their food for them, as they didn't
  use forks or knives, but ate with their fingers.
  A wet towel was handy (or brought by slaves) to
  tidy up after a meal. Early in the morning,
  schoolboys, on the run, often stopped at a bakery
  for a quick meal, or to buy a pancake to eat on
  their way to school.

• The lower class Romans (plebeians)
• might have a breakfast of bread, dry or dipped in
  wine, and water. Sometimes olives, cheese, or
  raisins were sprinkled on the bread. In 1c AD, it
  became the custom to distribute bread daily to
  the unemployed. Workmen, on their way to work,
  grabbed some bread, and ate it on the way.

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CLOTHING HAIR STYLES

•   The very early Romans wore a toga. It looked
  like a white sheet 9 yards long. Togas were
  arranged very carefully, in a stylish way. Togas
  fell out of style very early. (The toga was not
  so great, and people felt the cold when they wore
  it.)most people didnt wear them. ( not even
  emperors were too happy about the idea)

• Tunics were made of cool linen, for summer wear,
  and warm wool, for winter wear. Sometimes, they
  worn trouser like ones. Eventually, the emperors
  gave up. The Romans switched to comfortable
  tunics, which looked like long tee-shirts. They
  were far more practical.

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Mid-day in Ancient Rome

• Luncheon was usually a cold meal, eaten about 11
  o'clock in the morning. Lunch was bread, salad,
  olives, cheese, fruit, nuts, and cold meat left
  over from dinner the night before.
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• Siesta After lunch, the ancient Romans enjoyed a
  midday rest or siesta. In summer, nearly
  everybody took a nap. In ancient Rome, the
  streets were as nearly deserted during the midday
  rest period as they were at midnight. Even kids
  got a 2-3 hour break from school during the
  midday rest. (After siesta, kids returned to
  school to finish their school day.)

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The homes of the lower class Romans (plebeians)

• The lower class Romans (plebeians) lived in
  apartment houses, called flats, above or behind
  their shops. Even fairly well-to-do tradesmen
  might chose to live in an apartment-building
  compound over their store, with maybe renters on
  the upper stories. Their own apartments might be
  quite roomy, sanitary and pleasant, occasionally
  with running water.  But others were not that
  nice.

• In the apartment houses, or flats, an entire
  family (grandparents, parents, children) might
  all be crowded into one room, without running
  water. They had to haul their water in from
  public facilities. Fire was a very real threat
  because people were cooking meals in crowded
  quarters, and many of the flats were made of
  wood. They didn't have toilets. They had to use
  public latrines (toilets).

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The homes of the lower class Romans
(plebeians)
This is an exmple of how the homes in ancient
Rome look today.
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Entertainment

• The Colosseum was a huge public entertainment
  center. The Colosseum could seat 45,000
  spectators! This is where the ancient Romans
  gathered to watch bloody combat between
  gladiators, and battles between men and wild
  animals. This is where they threw people to the
  lions! To see men being killed was very
  entertaining to the ancient Romans. On occasion,
  they flooded the Colosseum with water, to hold
  naval battles, where many competitors died!

• Drinking Drinking wine was part of daily life.
  In very early days, women were not allowed to
  drink wine. Their husband might kiss them on the
  mouth to see if they had been drinking. It sounds
  sweet, but if a husband believed his wife had
  been drinking, she could be severely beaten.
  During the Empire, women could drink wine! Life
  was very different during the Empire than it was
  in the days of early Rome.

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The Achievements of the Roman Empire

• The roman invented concrete.
• They also invented the a type of roads that were
  made of stones. They were made in an arch form.
• They invented the arch.
• This inventions helped the roman archive such
  great structures.
• They also invented aqueducts that helped them
  transport water.

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The Important Years of Ancient Rome

• The Greeks started to colonize on the South
  Italy and Sicily around 750-700 B.C.
• On 510 B.C. the Romans gained there independence
  from Etruscans.
• On the year 398 B.C. they captured the Etruscans
  city of Veii
• The three Samnite wars took place in the years
  of 343- 290 B.C.
• On the year 280 B.C. the Pyrrhus (the military
  leader of Epiurs) had taken over Sicily and most
  of southern Italy.
• The Romans consolidated their gains and by 270
  B.C.they dominated an alliance of Italian city
  states that held all but the Po Valley.
• The first Punic war was on the years 264-241 B.C.
• The second Punic war on the years 219-202 B.C.