1. Life in Ancient Rome
Chapter 10-1

2. Roman Culture Copied Greeks
Changed the Greek ways to meet their own needs

3. Roman Art
Greek style statues
Roman statues had flaws, unlike Greeks

4. Octavian

5. Roman Architecture Used Greek porches and columns
Added arches and domes
Vault – curved ceiling
Invented concrete, a mixture of volcanic ash, lime and water
Buildings of concrete
Colosseum
Pantheon

6. Colosseum

7. Pantheon

8. Roman Literature Based on Greek works Virgil – Aeneid
Horace – wrote satires (made fun)
Wrote odes – poems that express emotions
Ovid – wrote works based on Greek myths

10. Virgil reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia,[4] by Jean-Joseph Taillasson, 1787, an early neoclassical painting (National Gallery, London

11. Roman History Livy – wrote “History of Rome”
Admired Roman achievements
Tactius – also a historian
Believed emperors took Romans’ freedoms

12. Roman Plays
Many based on Greek
Seneca
Plautus
Terence

13. Roman Language
Latin
Became Europe’s language for government, trade, instruction until 1500
Many English words from Latin
Latin – foundation of Spanish, French, Italian

14. Latin Bible, 1407

15. Roman Cursive

16. Roman Science
Galen – anatomy (science about the structure of the human body)
Ptolemy – astronomer; mapped over 1,00 different stars
Engineering –
Roads and bridges
Aqueducts to bring in water
Sewers

18. Ptolemy

21. Daily Life in Rome
Forum – open space that served as marketplace and public square
Wealthy Romans – large, nice houses
City – crowded, noisy, dirty
Thieves
Fires/Buildings collapse
Government gave the poor “bread & circuses” to keep them from rioting
Gladiators – fought for entertainment

22. Roman Forum

23. Family Life in Rome Large, extended families
Paterfamilias – the father, head of household
Boys
Some went to school and learned reading, writing, rhetoric (public speaking)
Girls
Studied at home
Learned household tasks

24. Roman Clothes Toga – worn by men (after age 14-16)
Palla – worn by women (after marriage)

26. Women in Rome Completely controlled by the paterfamilias
Wealthy women had some freedoms
Own land
Run a business
Sell property

27. Roman Slaves By 100 B.C. 40% of Romans were slaves Worked hard
Educated worked as teachers, doctors
Punished severely
Spartacus – slave who led a rebellion of 70,000
2 years later, revolt was crushed and 6,000 of his followers crucified

28. The Fall of Spartacus

29. Roman Religion Greek gods and goddesses given Roman names
Roman emperors worshiped
Believed spirits lived in natural things
Honored gods
Altars in the homes
Offered food
prayed

30. Roman Philosophy
Stoicism – encouraged Romans to live a practical life