Life in Ancient Rome

Chapter 9-1

Roman Art Romans admired

Greek art and Architecture

Roman Statues were different than Greeks

Roman statues were more realistic

Roman Architecture

Used Greek style porches and rows of columns called colonnades

Added own features such as arches and domes

Arches supported bridges, aqeuduct, buildings.

Vaults—rows of arches built against one another

(curved ceilings)

Roman Architecture Concrete—mixture

of volcanic ash, lime, and water

Roman Colosseum---AD 80

Pantheon—temple built to honor Rome’s Gods

Roman Literature

Virgil—Aeneid Horace—Satires/Odes Catullus—poems about love, sadness,

and envy Livy—wrote the History of Rome in 10

BC Tacitus—wrote about the darker side

of Rome

Roman Science and Engineering

Galen—Greek doctor Brought his medical ideas to Rome Anatomy—the study of body structure To learn about inner organs, cut open dead animals and

recorded his findings West studied his for more than 1,500 years

Roman Science and Engineering

Ptolemy—lived in Alexandria, Egypt Studied the sky and carefully mapped over 1,000

different stars Studied the motion of planets and stars Incorrectly placed the Earth as the center of the

universe

Roman Science and Engineering Built complex system

of roads and aqueducts

11 aqueducts fed Rome’s homes, bathhouses, and public bathrooms

Roman cities had sewers to remove waste

Daily Life in Rome

Rome was one of the largest cities in the world

Roman cities were laid out in a square with the main roads crossing at right angles

Wealthy Romans lived in large comfortable houses (villas)

Daily Life in Rome City of Rome was crowded, noisy and dirty.

People tossed garbage into the streets

Thieves roamed the streets at night

Most people in Rome were poor, living in apartments (sometimes in one room)

Family Life Families were important to Romans.

Often large

Father was the head of the household called Paterfamilias (“father of the family”)

Had complete control over family members (punishment, arranged marriages)

Family Life Some paterfamilias mad sure his children

were educated

Poor Romans could not afford an education

Wealthy Romans would hire tutors.

Some older boys went to school to learn reading, writing, and Rhetoric (public speaking)

Daily Life in Rome Older girls did not go to school

Girls studied reading and writing at home and learned household duties

Between 14-16—celebrate becoming a man by burning his toys to the household gods

Once of age, they joined the family business, become a soldier, or start a career

Women in Rome Women did not become

adults until they married.

Woman usually wore a long flowing robe with a cloak called a palla

Had some rights—Paterfamilias looked after the wife and her affairs.

They often sought the womens advice (Livia, wife of Augustus)

Women in Rome Roman women

freedoms depended on her husband’s wealth.

Wealthy women could own land, run a business, and sell property

Managed household, enslaved people

Women in Rome

Less wealthy women, spent their time working in their houses or helping their husband in family run shops

Were allowed to leave home to shop, visit friends, worship at temples, or go to baths

Enslaved People Slave labor grew as Rome took over more

territory

By 100 BC, about 40 percent of the people in Italy were enslaved

Jobs—worked in homes, fields, mines, and workshops

Enslaved Greeks worked as teacher, artisans, and doctors

Enslaved People Most slaves were

treated terrible

Spartacus—slave revolt (70,000) against Rome in 73 BC

Defeated in 71 BC and crucified along with 6,000 of his men.