The document summarizes aspects of Roman culture and daily life. It describes Roman architecture like forums, temples, aqueducts, amphitheaters and roads. Public buildings often housed libraries, shops and administrative functions. The forum was the center of civic and commercial life. Privately, wealthy Romans lived in homes decorated with mosaics, paintings and hypocaust heating, while the poor crowded into insulae tenements without amenities. Romans enjoyed spectacles, baths, dining and traded goods throughout their empire using coins, pottery and olive oil/wine transported on ships.