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1 Roman Society and Culture
Chapter 6 Section 3 Roman Society and Culture

2 Key Terms Villa Circuses Paterfamilias Augurs Galen Ptolemy Aqueducts
Latin Civil law

3 Life in Imperial Rome Gladiators in combat Magnificent marble temples
Soldiers marching off to war

4 Life for the Rich Pax Romana provided prosperity for many
City home and a villa Running water baths Wealthy involved with politics Politicians not paid Only the wealthy

5 Life for the Rich Marriage, friendships, family alliances
Roman politicians worked to improve speaking skills To better sway opinions

6 Life for the Poor Most lived in 3 or 4 story apartments
Fire constant threat Torches Charcoal for cooking Free food and entertainment helped to stop rebellion Roman masses interested in bread and circuses

7 Public Entertainment Circuses- where chariots raced
Circus Maximus- where most were held Held 200,000 people Enjoyed the crashes Theatres Mimes, jugglers Dancers, acrobats Clowns

8 Public Entertainment Amphitheatres Coliseum Wild animals fought
Professional fighters Criminals Gladiatorial combat Death of one or both fighters Coliseum Seated 50,000

9 Public Entertainment Public baths Recreation Hygiene and health
Hot and cool baths Socialize Steam rooms Meeting rooms exercise facilities

10 Family Paterfamilias –oldest living male had the most power Emphasized
Virtues of simplicity Religious devotion obedience Adoption was important Would adopt son as heir

11 Family Women could own or inherit property Lower classes
Women had more freedom Could work outside the home

12 Education Upper classes put great emphasis on literacy and education
Parents taught children Hire tutors Send boys away to school Learned Latin, Greek, law, public speaking math

13 Religion Adopter much of Greek mythology
Borrowed gods from Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia Families worshipped household gods (penates) Worshipped Emperor

14 Religion Gods sent warnings
Flight of birds Color or arrangement of entrails Augurs-specialists who interpreted the signs Anything important was first asked of the Augurs

15 Science and Engineering
Earth center of universe Pliny and elder wrote about Mt. Vesuvius Greeks interested in knowledge for its own sake Romans were practical Built roads, bridges, amphitheatres

16 Rome’s Cultural Legacy
Influenced life for centuries Science and engineering Galen was a physician summarized al medical knowledge Ptolemy-synthesized the theory of astronomy

17 Science and Engineering
Aqueducts-man made channels used to bring water to the cities Without the water and sewers system Rome could not have grown so big. Concrete used for buildings standing years later

18 Science and Engineering
Bridges still in use in France, Spain, and Germany Conquered territory Grid system of roads Baths Theatres Central Forum Europeans cities still use grid system

19 Architecture In Europe, Southwest Asia, North Africa Round arch
The vault- could build larger buildings Still in use today Michael Angelo for dome at Saint Peter’s Thomas Jefferson-library University of Virginia

20 Language and Literature
Latin-language of Rome Romance languages – French, Spanish, Romanian, Portuguese English owes much of its vocabulary to Latin Satire derived from Roman authors Virgil

21 Law Civil Law-based on written code Adopted by many countries
Asia Africa Americas Roman system has influenced legal systems all over the world

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