STAGE 1 CULTURE- ROMAN MEN AND WOMEN- THE ROMAN HOUSE
ROMAN NAMES
• Men- Praenomen - Nomen- Cognomen
ex. Gaius Julius Caesar
3 names = citizen!
• Women- Named after father- minor or secunda
to indicate placement
Ex. Julia (daughter of Julius)
FAMILY ROLES
Men•Providing financially•Discipline slaves•Honor gods
Women•Managing house and slaves•Educate and raise children•Weave clothes
RIGHTS OF ROMAN CITIZENS
Men Only•Vote•Run for office•Be in army
Paterfamilias•Control family•Life and death
Freedmen•Could not run for office or be official in army
Women and Slaves•Limited property rights•Can’t appear in court•No political rights
Slaves Only•Could not marry
WOMEN
Greek- no rights at all- no property-no inheritance- can’t leave w/o permission- can’t speak to neighbor w/o permission- Stays in separate part of house-Eat separately
Roman-Could own property-Run business-Can leave house-Can inherit-Cannot vote, run for office, be in army
CASA ROMANA
• hortus
• peristylum
• tablinum
• atrium
• taberna
CASA ROMANA
• triclinium
• culina
• cubiculum
• via
fauces
TABERNA
FAUCES
ATRIUM
Site of all major family events:-Coming of age-Marriage-funerals
Family portraits displayed here
DEATH MASKS
COMPLUVIUM VS IMPLUVIUM
LARARIUM
CUBICULUM
TABLINUM
TRICLINIUM
CULINA
HORTUS AND PERISTYLIUM
LATRINA
• Caecilius’ house
• Floor Plan
THE IANUA TO CAECILIUS’ HOUSE
• Caecilius’ House
• The atrium
• The impluvium
• Floor mosaic
CAECILIUS’ TABLINUM
He who loves should live; he who knows not how to love should die; and he who obstructs love should die twice