1. Daily Life
-Rome
-Most people were poor farmers or city dwellers
-Overcrowded
-Poor housing
-elaborate public buildings
-Roman government served to unify society
-Provided law and order
-Growth of trade and commerce
-Roman system of roads

2. Roman Family Life -Dominant male -Education -Marriage and divorce
-Women’s rights
-Slavery
-Widespread
-War captives
-Spartacus

3. Roman Religion
-Based on Greek gods
-Tolerant of other religions
-Judea--Land of the Jews
-Jewish revolt---Destruction of the Jewish Temple----Western Wall only remains
-Jesus Christ
-Crucifixion
-Spread of Christianity
-Persecution of Christians . Under Nero
-Martyrs

4. Art and Architecture
-Influences of Greek art on Roman art
-Architecture
-Dome arch vaults
-Roads
-Bridges
-Aqueducts

5. Literature
-Virgil
-“Aeneid”
-Horace
-Writes of follies and vices of people
-Livy
-History of Rome
-Plutarch
-Influence of the Roman alphabet

6. Roman Entertainment
-Theater
-Chariot races
-Circus Maximus
-Colosseum
-Gladiators

7. Roman Knowledge
-Galen
-Medical texts
-Ptolemy
-Earth centered astronomy philosophy