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Daily Life in the Roman
EmpireLaw and Order
Religion
Family Life
Food and Drink
Housing
Country Life
Recreation
Education
Main Point: What was the main
point of the sections you just
read:
Question: Come up with a
question you have about the
material in the section you just
read:
Connection: Make a connection
to something that you read about
in this section:
Rome, in the first
century, was a
city of contrasts.
What was the
Forum?
The Forum was
similar to the
Agora in Greece.
Introduction and Section 1: Daily Life in Ancient Rome
• Rule of Law: idea
that we should live
according to a set of
agreed-upon laws
• Laws were strict but
crime was common
• There was inequality
in how laws were
applied
• Polytheistic
Treated more
leniently by the
law, police
patrolled their
neighborhoods
Suffered
harsher
punishments;
lived in
dangerous
neighborhoods
Could accuse
someone of a
crime; law
applied to all
citizens;
adopted many
Greek gods and
made offerings
and sacrifices;
Honored
emperor as a
god.
Wealthy Poor
• Paterfamilias:
“Father of the
Family”
• Most wealthy houses
had an atrium,
murals; and
mosaics.
• Fire was a constant
threat.
Men held
political jobs;
women ran
households;
slaves had
kitchen; ate
meat, bread,
mice, parrots,
snails; large
houses made of
marble and
stone, indoor
pools
Food and Drink & housing
Both men and
women had to
work
Cooked on
grills, ate fish,
bread
Small wooden
apartments
No kitchens
Noisy, dirty,
diseases
Paterfamilias
only kept
healthy babies
Got food from
thermopolia,
drank water, ate
garum
Wealthy Poor
• Colosseum
• Public Baths
• Circus Maximus
Boys educated
at homes, not
girls
Went to
festivals and
public bathsWatched
chariot racing
and gladiator
fights at the
Colosseum90% lived in
the country
Tutored by fathers
or slaves ; then sent
to school
Learned Latin,
Greek, math, science
Attended plays and
musicals
Had dinner parties
Sat in the shade at
the Circus
MaximusOwned farms,
livestock, large villas
Had time to relax
and read
Education & recreation & Country Life
Worked, no
school
Learned a trade
Sat on wooden
benches at
Circus
MaximusWorked on
farms or owned
small farms
Wealthy Poor
A wealthy Roman dinner party.
A crowded dirty apartment
building in Rome.
Depositing waste in Rome. Christian persecution in the
Colosseum.
What’
s goin
g o
n i
n e
ach
im
age?
1. ________________ Their diet consisted of meat, bread, mice, parrots,
jellyfish, and snails.
2. ________________ They lived in houses made of stone and marble with
indoor pools and kitchens.
3. ________________ They usually learned a trade rather than attend school.
4. ________________ They got food at the thermopolia.
5. ________________ Their free time was spent attending plays, listening to
music, and at dinner parties.
6. ________________ They attended gladiator games and chariot races.
7. ________________ They lived in small apartments made of wood with no
kitchens.
8. ________________ They could accuse someone of a crime.
9. ________________ They were tutored by their fathers or slaves and then sent
to school.
10. ________________ Their diet consisted of chunks of fish, asparagus, figs,
and bread.
Directions: Categorize each of the following statements into the Roman social
class that each applies to: “the wealthy”, “the poor”, or “both”.
11. ________________ Paterfamilias ran the family.
12. ________________ They learned Latin, Greek, math, science, literature,
music, and public speaking.
13. ________________ They adopted many Greek gods, and made offerings and
sacrifices to please gods.
14. ________________ They were treated more leniently by the law.
15. ________________ They sat on wooden benches at the Circus Maximus.
16. ________________ They had police patrolling their neighborhoods.
17. ________________ They suffered harsher punishments from the law.
18. ________________ Some of their recreational time was spent going to the
public baths.
19. ________________ They lived in crime-filled neighborhoods.
20. ________________ They celebrated the gods in both festivals and daily life,
and came to honor emperors as gods.
Answers:
1. W
2. W
3. P
4. B
5. W
6. B
7. P
8. B
9. W
10. P
11. B
12. W
13. B
14. W
15. P
16. W
17. P
18. B
19. P
20. B