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IX -- Roman Daily Life

Duration: "Ancient Rome" lasted from Rome's founding to Constantine's withdrawal: from 753 BC to 312 AD -- 1064 years

And size also does count: "Rome", at its greatest extent, ran from the Atlantic to the Euphrates and from Trajan's Wall to the cataract of the Nile

So "daily life" in "Rome" is time and place dependent

We will concentrate on the city of Rome and pick up aspects of daily life as they developed (mostly in the Republic, but with some reference to Etruscan and Latin precursors) and then look at how they changed -- often how they were liberalized -- in the Empire.
 
 

Agricultural beginnings -- agricultural ideals -- agricultural icons.

Citizens / civilization -- city dwellers

City of outlaws

Patricians and Plebeians

 Militarism Training and education

Blood sports -- the games

 Religion -- "old time" Roman religion and eastern mysteries

Why did the latter catch on and not the religions of the barbarian North?

Republican rulers of an empire -- lower case "empire"

Slave influx and its repercussions

Professionalization of the Army

Barbarianization of the army

Marriage and the family Formal and legal marriage

Informal marriages also legal

What is legality?

Pater familias

Childhood and adulthood Family relationships Ancestors

Cousins by the dozens

Adoption

Manumission
Living Spaces Domus

Insula

Villa

Fire - vigiles
Food Staples Grain -- sources -- use (gruel, bread) -- mills -- bakeries (panis, panis popularis)

Oil -- sources -- shipment -- uses (food, light, hygiene) -- Mt. Testaccio

Wine -- grapes -- wineries -- vintages and varietals
 

 Where you ate Rich folks -- breakfast, lunch, and orgy -- and snacks

Poor folks -- fast food junkies -- snack bars, diners, restaurants, carry-out
Clothing Upper class male and female

Lower classes

Wretched excess

Shoes and hair
Education and training Educating the child (male only, of course) to make the citizen Three R's

Tutors and life experience -- individual education, private and public schools

Writing and script

Rhetors
 

 Training girls to make the matron Educated girls
Amusements Participation sports Palestra -- men and women

Trigon -- juggle and throw
 
Circus -- Off to the races Ben Hur -- Chariots and charioteers -- team play

Circus architecture -- for racing -- for seating
 
Amphitheater -- blood sports Architecture

Events -- Venationes, Damnatio ad bestias, Gladiators

Naumachie -- naval battles: in the Colosseum? Or elsewhere?
 
Theater On the Temple steps -- acting, chorus, ballet, odes

Architecture -- sight and sound lines

In the intermission
Baths Balneae and Thermae

Bath ritual

Agrippa's first public thermae

Bigger and better

(Where did the water come from?)

(What happened later? -- ruin or reuse -- Baths of Diocletian -- S. Maria degli Angeli)

 Public latrines -- "Meet me in the jakes."
Military Land Forces -- Battuere necesse est Infantry, decurion, centurion Sea forces -- Navigare necesse est Crew, marines
Slavery/servitude Percent of population

Who were they?

Using peculium to buy freedom

Manumission

Freedman status
Internet Links for this unit

Johnstons' Private lives: http://www.forumromanum.org/life/johnston.html

Smith's Dictionary (SMIGRA): http://www.ukans.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/home*.html

Amphitheater images: http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~cls180/Week%2014/Pic14.html

Blood Sports -- Mackay: http://www.ualberta.ca/%7Ecsmackay/CLASS_378/Gladiators.html

Bread: http://www.dl.ket.org/latin2/mores/food/breadmaking/bakingproffession.htm

Panis Romanum: http://www.baronyofosprey.org/gatalop/panis.html

Rome in the Republic -- Mackay: http://www.ualberta.ca/%7Ecsmackay/CLASS_378/Rome.html

Colosseum net resources: http://www.the-colosseum.net/idx-en.htm

Gladiator s/weapons -- http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/games/a/gladiatorweapon.htm

Food, Drink, baths, etc.: http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/sociallife/

Rome costume links: http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/romanlnx.htm

SMIGRA Clothing and adornment: http://www.ukans.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Clothing/home*.html

SMIGRA Fullo/Fullones: http://www.ku.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Fullo.html

Vroma on clothing: http://www.vroma.org/%7Ebmcmanus/clothing.html

Togaman.com: http://www.togaman.com/

Roman way of life: http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/l_waylife.htm

Daily Life 1: http://library.thinkquest.org/26602/domum.htm?tqskip1=1&tqtime=1129

Daily Life 2: http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Romelife.html

Daily Life Index: http://www.julen.net/ancient/Daily_Life/

Daily life (UVermont): http://www.uvm.edu/~classics/webresources/life/

Daily Life (San Jose): http://oldworld.sjsu.edu/ancientrome/

Daily Life -- About.com: http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/romedailylife/

Dead and Buried: http://www.ostia-antica.org/~isolsacr/burial.htm

Econ, coins, taxes: http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/economics/

Equites: http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/E/equites.html

Equites SMIGRA: http://www.ku.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMI GRA*/Equites.html

Roman meals: http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/a/056635.htm

Beer: http://ancienthistory.about.com/msub_beer.htm

Beer: SMIGRA: http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/food/index.htm?terms=roman+food

Food: http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/food/index.htm?terms=roman+food

Gladiators diet: http://romegiftshop.com/gladiatorsdiet.html

Baths: http://ancienthistory.about.com/msub5.htm

Baths (tkw): http://www.mmdtkw.org/VBaths.html

Latrines -- BMR: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2000/2000-03-16.html

Hygiene 1 : http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2000/2000-03-16.html

Hygiene 2: http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa031303a.htm

Balneae SMIGRA: http://www.ukans.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Balneae.html

Plumbing: http://www.plumbingwarehouse.com/pmroman.html

Baths -- McManus http://www.vroma.org/%7Ebmcmanus/baths.html

Authentic smell: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2640351.stm

Soap history: http://www.alcasoft.com/soapfact/history.html

Navigare: http://www.romaeterna.org/english.htm

Patricians: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrician

Plebs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plebeian

Roman House: http://www.vroma.org/%7Ebmcmanus/house.html

Life Expectancy: http://www.utexas.edu/depts/classics/documents/Life.html

Sexuality: http://www.utexas.edu/depts/classics/documents/Life.html

Roman Erotic Art: http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/w/x/wxk116/eros/

Slavery Revolts: http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_slavewars.htm

Slavery SMIGRA: http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_slavewars.htm

Sodalis Familiaris: http://famromo.wiccan.net/

Villa Jvlilla: http://www.villaivlilla.com/

Roman wine: http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/wine/

As usual, there are many more links to follow -- the Google Search Engine is still best: http://www.google.com/ and don't forget to try the "images" section.
Caveat Emptor: some Internet searches, for example "Roman slavery" will pull up all kinds of perverted links.