3. People have lived in Italy for a long time,
because Italy is a very fertile peninsula in the
Mediterranean Sea.
4. Around 3,000 years ago, a tribe of people called
Latins settled on the seven hills above the banks
of the river Tiber.
5.
6. This map shows the location of
early Rome and its area of
influence.
7.
8. Rome was a city of big contrasts.
Lower class Romans or plebeians lived in these
overcrowded apartments
while rich citizens or patricians
enjoyed a life of luxury.
Apartment blocks could be up to seven floors,
and in poor areas they were dark, full of people and very dirty.
9. The ideal Roman woman was
a loving mother and an obedient wife.
Some poorer women had to work usually as midwives
(helping other women at birth) or hairdressers, a
few women worked, as acrobats or dancers
but these were not considered
respectable jobs.
Most Roman families had slaves who did all the work
in the house and had a very hard life.
10.
11. The family was an important part of Roman
life.
Families were larger that they are today.
12. Children from poor families had to start working
very early but richer families sent the kids to school
at the age of seven.
Girls and boys
were together
in schools
called ludus.
School hours were only in the morning.
14. Roman diet in general was based mostly on
vegetables, cereals and simple meats.
Table knives and forks were not known but they
ate with spoons.
The patricians had very elaborated dinners. Men
had dinner parties and women and children ate
separately.
17. • F A S H I O N W A S I N F L U E N C E D B Y W H A T T H E
E M P E R O R A N D H I S W I F E L I K E D .
• W O M E N W O R E A L A R G E D R E S S C A L L E D A
S T O L A , M A D E O F S I L K , A N D A L O N G
R E C T A N G U L A R S H A W L C A L L E D A P A L L A .
• M E N H A D S I M P L E S H O R T H A I R C U T S B U T
W O M E N H A D M O R E E L A B O R A T E
H A I R S T Y L E S
18. • T H E Y C U R L E D T H E I R H A I R A N D
A R R A N G E D I T O N T O P O F T H E I R H E A D S .
• O V E R T H E T U N I C M E N W O R E A T O G A , A
L A R G E P I E C E O F W O O L L E N C L O T H
W R A P P E D A R O U N D T H E B O D Y.
20. Most Roman medicines were
made from herbs and plants.
They bought them in pharmacists shops.
21. Doctors examined patients and prescribed medicines, exercise and
a healthy diet .
Surgeons were in state hospitals, setting bones and amputating
limbs .
Dentists extracted teeth and put false ones made of bones or ivory.
there was not official training for doctors and there were plenty of
frauds.
22.
23. Roman Art has a close relationship with Greek Art.
The Romans were particularly interested and
decorated their buildings with paintings and
sculptures
of gods and public men.
Roman sculptures were very
realistic and made in bronze,
stone or marble.
24. Many mosaics represented myths, and
legends, but scenes from daily life were
also very popular.
The Romans were also great builders
and engineers of impressive public works
such as aqueducts.
Roman aqueducts were several floors
of bridges high carrying water in
stone channels on
top of the bridges.
29. • Local traders took goods from town to town and rich
Romans went back to the country for their holidays.
• In the map below you can see a map of ancient Rome
and the 11 roads or viae that parted from the city to every
corner of the Empire.
30. • The Empire was linked by roads to the city of Rome.
As the old saying says,
“All roads lead to Rome”.
• The main objective of Roman roads was
for official business,
such as moving troops
and supplies
around the Empire.
