Law and Order/Religion
He was the ultimate source of law in the empire.
the emperor
These wealthy Romans often ran their households and were in charge of the house slaves.
women
A danger to both the homes of rich and poor. In 64 BCE nearly half of Rome was destroyed by it.
fire
Roman teenagers would hang out here to clean up...no running water for most people in Rome.
bath houses
Country estates with large homes.
villas
Many of the Roman gods were derived from the deities of these people.
the Greeks
Paterfamilias
Both rich and poor Romans might stop here for something quick to eat on their way to school.
thermopolia
Blood sports, slaves that would fight to the death for the entertainment of the masses.
gladiators
This percentage of Romans lived in the country.
90%
Offerings to the Roman gods, like fruits, cakes, or animals like sheep and oxen.
Sacrifices
Roman girls would be married off between these ages.
12-18 (teens)
Wealthy Roman boys were educated in this language, the official language of the Roman empire and parent language to Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Latin
Circus Maximus
Poor Romans that worked the farms lived in the dwelling places.
huts
Even though these men no longer had any real authority in the empire, they continued to enjoy a high status and wore togas with purple stripes.
senators
Poor Romans often indulged themselves with this tasty dish prepared with salt, it is a gelatinous, umbrella shaped Cnidaria with poisonous trailing tentacles.
jellyfish
Inside the front door of a wealthy Roman home was this room, meant for receiving guests. Often it had a shallow pool to help cool the room down.
atrium
This was a seating luxury that wealthy Romans enjoyed at the Colosseum or Circus Maximus that the poor did not.
seat cushions or shade, close to action
bees
Caligula
A Roman tradition of marriage. Along with wearing a white dress and a veil, the bride is carried over this passage by the husband upon entering their home for the first time as a married couple.
the threshold
If you were a rich Roman, you might attend a fancy dinner party, accompanied by a slave playing this type of small, harp.
a lyre
Sometime, Roman teens that committed crimes were sentenced to death by fighting a wild animal like a bear or a lion in the arena. These condemned teens were called this...meaning to embarrass
humiliores
1st century Christian writer; He wrote, "He who does not work, shall not eat."
Paul of Tarsus