WEEK 2 S.S PROJECT BY:Allison Solano

The history and culture of ancient rome: In historiography, ancient Rome is Roman civilization from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC.The collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.Encompassing the Roman Kingdom(753 BC-509 BC).Ancient Roman culture grew through the almost 1200 years of Rome's civilization. The Romans conquered many peoples and brought back from their wars many things from each land. Their way of life was a mix of many cultures, influences, and religions. Starting in the 2nd century BC, Greek influence became very important Informational Brochure Law and Order: Interesting Facts About Roman Law and order:

1.They could not vote or hold public office, but they could own property and businesses.

2.In 212 AD the Roman Emperor Caracalla declared that all freedmen in the Roman Empire were full Roman citizens.

3.Emperor Justinian I had the laws of Rome written down

4. The primary way of making official new laws was through the Roman Assemblies.

5.Laws were voted on by citizens who were members of the assemblies.

6. Many of the laws were unwritten or unavailable for the people to see, there was much room for corruption by public officials. Informational Brochure Housing: 1.WeaLthy Roman citizens in some towns lived in domus

2.All domus where single storey houses which were built around courtyards also known as atrium.

3.Atriums had rooms opening up off of them and they had no roofs.

4.Rich romans houses had many rooms includeing kitchen,baths,dining,bedrooms,and rooms for slaves

5.Poor romans lived in simple flats they were called insulae but they offten containd one or two rooms

6.Poor romans had no water running at there houses Informational Brochure Family life:

1. At the head of Roman family life was the oldest living male, called the "paterfamilias," or "father of the family."

2.Ancient Rome was a man's world Families were dominated by men.

3.He looked after the family's business affairs and property and could perform religious rites on their behalf.

4.The paterfamilias had absolute rule over his household and children.

5. If they angered him, he had the legal right to disown his children, sell them into slavery or even kill them.

6. Until childrens father died, his sons only received an allowance, or peliculum, to manage their own households Informational Brochure Food and drinks:

1.The romans dressed up their meals with many differnt sauce

2.the best/most popular sauce was the fermented fish sauce called garum

3.Fish were more common than other types of meat.

4.Oysters were so popular that there were large businesses devoted to oysters farming

5. What a person ate depended on both their wealth and where they lived in the Roman Empire.

6.Food was imported from all around the empire to feed the large populations in the capital city of Rome. Informational Brochure Education: 1.The goal of education in ancient Rome was to be an effective speaker.

2.At the age of 12 or 13 the boys of the upper classes attended grammer school

3.Girls were taught by the females in the household they were taught how to run a household and how to be a good wife.

4. At age 16, some boys went on to study public speaking at the rhetoric school.

5.If they could afford it the family might hire a tutor to teach math and oration, but mostly the teaching was by the family.