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Life in Ancient Rome

Life in Ancient Rome. Chapter 10-1. Roman Culture. Copied Greeks Changed the Greek ways to meet their own needs. Roman Art. Greek style statues Roman statues had flaws, unlike Greeks. Octavian. Roman Architecture. Used Greek porches and columns Added arches and domes

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Life in Ancient Rome

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  1. Life in Ancient Rome Chapter 10-1

  2. Roman Culture • Copied Greeks • Changed the Greek ways to meet their own needs

  3. Roman Art • Greek style statues • Roman statues had flaws, unlike Greeks

  4. Octavian

  5. Roman Architecture • Used Greek porches and columns • Added arches and domes • Vault – curved ceiling • Invented concrete, a mixture of volcanic ash, lime and water • Buildings of concrete • Colosseum • Pantheon

  6. Colosseum

  7. Pantheon

  8. Roman Literature • Based on Greek works • Virgil – Aeneid • Horace – wrote satires (made fun) • Wrote odes – poems that express emotions • Ovid – wrote works based on Greek myths

  9. Virgil reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia,[4] by Jean-Joseph Taillasson, 1787, an early neoclassical painting (National Gallery, London

  10. Roman History • Livy – wrote “History of Rome” • Admired Roman achievements • Tactius – also a historian • Believed emperors took Romans’ freedoms

  11. Roman Plays • Many based on Greek • Seneca • Plautus • Terence

  12. Roman Language • Latin • Became Europe’s language for government, trade, instruction until 1500 • Many English words from Latin • Latin – foundation of Spanish, French, Italian

  13. Latin Bible, 1407

  14. Roman Cursive

  15. Roman Science • Galen – anatomy (science about the structure of the human body) • Ptolemy – astronomer; mapped over 1,00 different stars • Engineering – • Roads and bridges • Aqueducts to bring in water • Sewers

  16. Ptolemy

  17. Daily Life in Rome • Forum – open space that served as marketplace and public square • Wealthy Romans – large, nice houses • City – crowded, noisy, dirty • Thieves • Fires/Buildings collapse • Government gave the poor “bread & circuses” to keep them from rioting • Gladiators – fought for entertainment

  18. Roman Forum

  19. Family Life in Rome • Large, extended families • Paterfamilias – the father, head of household • Boys • Some went to school and learned reading, writing, rhetoric (public speaking) • Girls • Studied at home • Learned household tasks

  20. Roman Clothes • Toga – worn by men (after age 14-16) • Palla – worn by women (after marriage)

  21. Women in Rome • Completely controlled by the paterfamilias • Wealthy women had some freedoms • Own land • Run a business • Sell property

  22. Roman Slaves • By 100 B.C. 40% of Romans were slaves • Worked hard • Educated worked as teachers, doctors • Punished severely • Spartacus – slave who led a rebellion of 70,000 • 2 years later, revolt was crushed and 6,000 of his followers crucified

  23. The Fall of Spartacus

  24. Roman Religion • Greek gods and goddesses given Roman names • Roman emperors worshiped • Believed spirits lived in natural things • Honored gods • Altars in the homes • Offered food • prayed

  25. Roman Philosophy • Stoicism – encouraged Romans to live a practical life

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