Write down one thing you know about ancient Rome. Write down one thing you want to

know.

Brain Storm

Daily life in Rome

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swhEbBDwM0I

Clothing

• The Tunic •The Toga

The Roman House

People’s roles

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt9rZcWelbg

Reading

• Be prepared to answer questions

Social Structure in Rome

Slaves in Rome

• Slaves are born• Slaves are captured and sold through war and

Piracy• A slave may be freed or buy freedom• “I have run away. Capture me. When you have

returned me to my master, Zoninus, you will receive a reward.”

Freed People

• Free from slavery, purchased or manumitted (released)

• Free to move up but most very poor• Next generation could become citizens

Citizens

• Free born citizens • Could contract a legal marriage• Could beget legal children– SAGE time

• Got to wear a toga

Equestrians

• Based on economic status• Needed to prove a stable minimum wealth• Narrow striped tunic• Merchants, traders, slave owners, gladiators

Senatorial

• Senators and family• Mostly nobility (Family related to a consul)

More Food

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cn9Z4-zc1s

Write a story…

• You just woke up in the morning…– What class are you?– What do you put on?– What do you eat?– What does your house look like?– What are you going to do today?

Bread and Circuses

Gladiators: Blood for Votes

Honor

• Munus- a display for a funeral• Nourish the honored dead with blood• An alternative to sacrifice

Gladiators

• Slaves, Criminals, and Prisoners of War

• Free men could take the oath– Lost their fortune– Retain honor– Treated as an athlete today– Ultimate social disgrace

• Caligula and Commodus

Types of gladiators

• Many types with different strengths and weaknesses

• Represented conquered peoples in armor and weapons

The fight

• Sin Missione- Without release (to the death).– Rare because gladiators were expensive

• Usually, the loser begged mercy

Ask the Audience

• Thumbs up or thumbs down–What do you think?

• A win equals money and fame

The Colleseum

• Amphatheatre • 40,000-60,000

Political

• Republic to win votes• During empire: – Gave commons a forum to speak.– Showed emperor as a moan of the

people.

Roman Culture

• What do Gladiatorial games tell us about Rome?– Violent– Bloodlust–Warrior culture– Reinforces military success

Venatio

• Represented hunts• Untrained gladiators• Animals sometimes won• Sometimes animal performances• Exotic and fierce– Some hunted to extinction