The Story of Village Palampur Class 9 Free Study Material PDF
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2. • Nero, Roman Emperor, had the theater
spectators executed when he felt they had not
applauded with enough enthusiasm.
3. • One of the caprices of Heliogábalo, Roman
emperor, was to serve to his guests waxed foods
that imitated the dishes that he tasted in front
of the present ones and these were forced,
under pain of death, to simulate that they were
eating.
4. • Before the battles, the Roman centurions
would depilate their legs and make the
manicure.
5. • The emperors took a low dose of poison to
gain immunity.
6. • The fashionable men's garment in the Roman
Empire, the toga, was the most characteristic
of men when dressing and wearing it correctly
was not what it is said easy. It would take
more than an hour to put on this blanket if
they were men of a high social status. The size
was about 350/450 centimeters in length and
180 in width, made of wool, thin or thick
according to temperature, and with
considerable weight.
7. • The beauty of that time was a bit curious:
women considered it nice to wear eyebrows
attached on their nose, in addition to using a
whole set of hairdressing. They get depilated
with creams made with walnut or resin
tweezers . To perfume the ladies, they used
their slaves who used the mouth full with
perfume.
8. • The real name of the Coliseum is Flavian
Amphitheater, the denomination of Coliseum
was given later, it is believed that it refers to
the colossal statue of Nero that was in its
vicinity.
