Factual Information About Ancient Rome

8/7/2019 Factual Information About Ancient Rome

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WELCOME TO THE WORLD

OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

Thousand years ago Roman most important cities

Legend - formed by Romulus and Remus abondoned at birth raised by wolf

Romules in a rage killed Remus

City named Rome ruled by Romulus

753 B.C. Rome small city farming

509 B.C. no longer ruled by King 2 consuls

250 B.C Romans ruled by Italy


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410 A. D. destroy Rome

476 a barbarian become the ruler ofItaly

Constantinople hold off the barbariansuntil captured by Turks in 1453

Empire great influence of Romansstill be seen today


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THE ROMAN MEAL

Prepare by mother or female slave

Family sat on stools around a table

Children wait for their parents Food prepared in small bite sized pieces

Wealthy Romans bought food from open

air markets Every week, farmers & fishermen sell

fruits, vege, fish & meat at towns


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1st meal at dawn

This meal was small & usually consisted of

bread, salad, olives, cheese, fruit, nuts, and cold

meat left over form dinner the night before.

At noon ate a small quick meal

After lunch take 2 3 hour nap

Evening meal was served at sunset & usually

consisted of a large meal with the entire family


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A typical meal consisted of soup with legumes,

milk, cheese, fresh and dried fruit and lard

Later meat and bread was added to this meal

Wealthy homes slaves spent large part of theday preparing food

Dinner parties given by men wealthy families

Women and children dined separately


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Dining room finest room

Parties start with salads, eggs, and shellfish,wine which had been sweetened with honey

Meal could be up to 7 dishes

Slaves served the guests and wiped the fingersof the guests between courses

Cheese made from goat and sheep milk couldbe served

Main course might include boiled and roasted

meat


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Favorite meat included mutton ( sheep meat ),goat meat, pork, ham, and bacon, chicken,

goose and duck, and fish especially tuna

Meat sliced by the slaves

Foods were seasoned with herbs like dill, thyme,basil and mint

Final course may consist of fruit, dates, andcakes sweetened with honey

Yogurt mixed with fruit


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Walnuts, chestnut and acorns were also mixedwith the foods

Poor families eat a meal of foods they couldgrow

Grew beans, vege, and fruits

Common fruits apples, pears and figs

Common vege onions, cucumbers, carrots,garlic and cabbage

Often ate porridge made from vege


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Had a program called annona help poor

to buy food

Preserved food by smoking, dehydrating,

spreading honey on fresh fruits or bysalting


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The Baths

Enjoyed going to public bathhouse.

Children not allowed in.

Cheap Different time for male and female.

Not only a place for washing.

The baths also had towels, slaves to waiton you, steam rooms, saunas, exercise

rooms, and hair cutting salons.


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No soap but oil.

Use strigil. Enjoyed several pools.

Ancient Rome had as many as 900 public

baths. Small baths held about 300 people.The largest bath held 1500 people.


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Baths of Caracalla Tepidarium with Aida scenery


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Baths of Diocletian - North palaestra from E -This was the largest of all baths.


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Baths of Diocletian - S. Maria d. Angeli 1 -This was completed in A.D. 305.


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Entertainment

Free 3 main types: theatrical performances, chariot

races, and gladiator fights.

theatrical performances


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chariot races and the Circus

Maximus

gladiator fights and the Colosseum in

Rome


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Men gathered at the Campus to play They participated in foot racing, jumping,

archery, wrestling and boxing, riding,

fencing, wrestling, throwing, and

swimming.

The bath was a place to socialize, relax,

exercise, and play games.


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Games:

- scooters, jump ropes, kites, yo-yos, andswings

- dice, marbles

- games similar to checkers- Ball games


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Clothing- What cloth they wear?


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Togas

Early Romans cloth 9 yards long

Hard to wear


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Tunic- made of linen andwool depending onthe season.

- Different coloredstripes on the tunic

indicated the wealth

of its owner


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Stola

Women wore longertunics than the men.

Over the tunics, theywore long pleated

robes called stola The stola decorated

along the bottom with

a band of red fabricor embroidery.


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Lacerna

Closer to Rome the peoplewore short, dark, woolencoverings called lacernae.

Made from bright coloredfabrics and decorated withembroidery or fringe.

Simple coats called paenula

(traveling) Most paenulae were made

from animals skins.


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Boys wore knee-length tunics. They were white with a redborder. When the boy reached manhood his tunic changed to

all white.


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Footwear

Both men and women wore

sandals around the house.

Brightly colored. (women) They were sometimes decorated with pearls.

When going outside both

the men and womenwore boots.


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Jewelry

Bulla

Rings

Necklaces

Pins Earrings

Bracelets

Pearls

Headdresses or jeweled crowns intheir hair.


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Makeup

The style was to have very white skin.

Used white creams made from powdered

chalk or lead.

Eyeliner was used to darkened the

eyebrows.

Cheeks and lips were colored with a red

iron ore called ocher.


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Hairstyles


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The Life of a Roman Child

School

~ Who can go to school?~ How many people in a class?

~ Who is the teacher?

~ Facilities?


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Toys

rattles scooters jump rope yo-yo seesaws swings

kites dolls made from wax or clay - Some had jointed legs andarms.

balls board games hobbyhorses

carts hitched to goats, ponies, or dogs models of animals and people hoops with pieces of metal on them like bells stilts weight lifting


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- tic-tac-toe

- knucklesbones - similar to jacksexcept with bones

- boys played war with woodenswords

- leapfrog- odd or even - One child held

stones in a closed hand. The other

guessed if the objects were anodd or even number.


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Pets


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Family

~ Who was the head?~ How about woman?

Marriage

~ When?~ What are the conditions?~ Engagement ring~ Knot of Hercules~ "When and where you are Gaius, I then

and there am Gaia."


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