A Day In the Life of an Ancient Roman

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A Day In the Life of an Ancient Roman
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Clothing

• Women wore and under tunic, stola, palla and gold
  embroidery.
• High ranking people wore a white tunic, purple
  tunic and gold embroidery.
• Common people wore tunics.
• Your toga showed how wealthy you were.
• Women loved jewelry and wore their hair up.
• Girls and boys wore a simple tunic down to their
  knees with a belt.

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Food

• They ate 3 meals a day.
• Breakfast included bread dipped in wine, honey,
  dates and olives.
• Lunch included bread, fruit and cheese.
• Dinner had 3 courses.
• First- (appetizer) wine, salad, eggs, shellfish
  and mushrooms.
• Second- pork, poultry, fish, birds and
  vegetables.
• Final- (dessert) fruit, honey cakes and nuts.

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• Slaves
• Slaves were often treated badly in wealthy
  families.
• Slaves would be expected to cook, clean and do
  other jobs.
• Slaves would do womens jobs in wealthy homes.
• Men
• Mens work depended on where you lived.
• One important job was the administration of the
  empire.
• In the country side work was centered around the
  villa.
• Women
• Women cooked, cleaned, sewed, and maintained the
  house.
• Wealthy girls would spin wool, weave cloth, and
  sew.

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• Wealthy families would have a tutor for the boys.
• They would be taught public speaking. This was
  very important.
• Other subjects included, reading, writing, and
  counting.
• Girls were not taught the same skills as boys.
• They were taught by their mothers to spin wool,
  weave cloth and sew.
• Poor children were taught by their parents.
• Slave children had no education.

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• Roman Religion was a function of Roman law.
• It was centered around the gods.
• They believed that gods controlled their lives.
• They spent a great deal of time worshipping the
  gods.
• The most important god was Jupiter. He was the
  king of the gods and ruled with his wife, Jund,
  the goddess of the sky.
• Other gods included, Mars, Mercury, Neptune,
  Janus, Diana, Vesta, Minerva, and Venus.
• The picture above is the god
  Mercury

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Religion II

• Each god had a special festival day.
• This holiday gave people the opportunity to visit
  the temple.
• They gave offerings to the gods.
• Each family home had a small alter or shrine.
• The picture above is the sea god
  Bubbles.

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Arts and Architecture

• Sculptures were used to decorate public and
  private buildings.
• Much of Roman art was used to glorify their
  ruler.
• The Pantheon is one of the best preserved
  buildings in Rome.
• Roman Art was more realistic than many styles of
  the cultures preceding it.
• Portraits were made to idolize.
• They made Sculptures of the gods.

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Invention

• They invented wonderful roads, theaters and
  public bath complexes.
• The bathtub was one of the greatest inventions of
  all time.
• They invented the water wheel to pump the water
  out of mines.
• They invented Roman Numerals
• Aquaducts brought water into the city.
• Aquaducts were essential to Roman life.
• The picture above is a Roman Bathtub

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Housing

• Most Romans lived in Apartments called insulae.
  These were many stories high.
• Rich Romans also had a country house called a
  villa.
• They used the villa to escape from the noisy city
  of Rome.
• Most housing included a dining room, baths,
  bakery, kitchen, bedrooms, and a courtyard.

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