STAGE 1 CULTURE - ROMAN MEN AND WOMEN - THE ROMAN HOUSE
ROMAN NAMES Men -Praenomen -Nomen -Cognomen ex. Gaius Julius Caesar 3 names = citizen! Women -Named after father -minor or secunda to indicate placement Ex. Julia (daughter of Julius)
FAMILY ROLES Men Providing financially Discipline slaves Honor gods Women Managing house and slaves Educate and raise children Weave clothes
RIGHTS OF ROMAN CITIZENS Men Only Vote Run for office Be in army Paterfamilias Control family Life and death Freedmen Could not run for office or be official in army Women and Slaves Limited property rights Can’t appear in court No political rights Slaves Only Could not marry
WOMEN Greek - no rights at all - no property -no inheritance - can’t leave w/o permission - can’t speak to neighbor w/o permission - Stays in separate part of house -Eat separately Roman -Could own property -Run business -Can leave house -Can inherit -Cannot vote, run for office, be in army
CASA ROMANA hortus peristylum tablinum atrium taberna
CASA ROMANA triclinium culina cubiculum via fauces
TABERNA
FAUCES
ATRIUM Site of all major family events: -Coming of age -Marriage -funerals Family portraits displayed here
DEATH MASKS
COMPLUVIUM VS IMPLUVIUM
LARARIUM
CUBICULUM
TABLINUM
TRICLINIUM
CULINA
HORTUS AND PERISTYLIUM
LATRINA
Caecilius’ house Floor Plan
THE IANUA TO CAECILIUS’ HOUSE
Caecilius’ House The atrium The impluvium Floor mosaic
CAECILIUS’ TABLINUM He who loves should live; he who knows not how to love should die; and he who obstructs love should die twice