The daily lives of the roman people
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How where most girls educated in ancient rome?
the daughters of some patrician families got a good education but most girls did not go to school. their mothers taught them how to manage a household and to spin, weave and sew.
Describing a day of an rome boy at school.
the school day started at dawn. the boys sat on blackless benches. they studied reading, writing and arithmetic. . at twelve or thirteen years old, boys from patrician familys went to grammar schools. there ty learned greek and greek culture. they also learned oratory that is a part of public speaking.
How is a roman book different from our books? and what means the word amnuscript?
-they where handwritten and ours ar printed
andto form a book they gld sheets of papyrus together and rolled them around 2 stick. our books have a hard kaft with paper in it.
the word manuscript come from= from the latin word for han (manu) and write (scripto)
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Where did the plebeians live?
plebeians live in crowled flats called insulae.they where 4 or 5 storeys high, with shops at street level. the building where made of wode, so fire was constant threat. plebeians didn't eat in there houses because cooking is to dangerous. the buy their food in roman thermoplae.
What were thermoplae? why do we know so much about them?
a roman fast food shop where plebeians grabbed a quick meal ontheir way to work.
we know so much about them because when the vulcanic erupted it stand in the same than it was in that time so later we can see how it was then.
Where edid the patricians live?
the patricians had much more luxurious lifestyle than the plebeians. patriciansfamilies lived in seperate houses called villas.
How does a typical villa ffrom a patrician looked like?
1. with a lot of land around the villa where they grew fruits and vegetables.
2.the diniing room(the most luxirious)
3.atrium (central courdyard)
4.usually villas where surounding by high windowsless walls.
5.slaves worked in the kichten preparing food for their masters. behind the kiychen were store rooms and sleeping quarters for the slaves.
6.doors from the atrium led to the bedrooms.
Describe what romans ate for breackfast and lunch.
for breackfast : brad dipped in wine, with olives, cheese or raisins.
for lunch: cold food like bread, salad, fruit and nuts. wine often mixed with water, was usually drink.
How did rome become a republic?
first was it ruled and kings but the romans grew tired of them. so they replaced the kings with a republic.
The most succesful slave refolt was led by ......?
spartacus, who was trained as an gladiator.
Describing the ducations of a boy.
boys from rich families also studied at home, usually taught by an educated slave. other boys went to school, which were often run by freedmen. parents had to pay the teacher, so boys from plebiean families probably could not afford much schooling.
What where lares?
every family, both rich and poor, had a shrine to its household gods these god where called the lares.
Who could be a roman citizen and who not?
only man coul vote . childrens, womans, foreigners, slaves and freedmans can't vote.
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