1. SPODEK: CH 6 1st Half (Social)
By David Moore and Jacob Wiencek

2. Main Points Property Based Social Classes
Woman, foreigners, and freed slaves were noncitizens.
Sons of freed slaves were free.

3. Social Classes Highest was the Sestertii Then the Equites
Then the Proletarii

4. Family Structure The pater familias – father of the family (Latin)
The father was the legal leader.
Only Patrician families were recognized as legal entities.

5. Sports and Entertainment
Gladiator fighting in the coliseum.
Had their own version of chess and checkers.
Public executions
Chariot races