Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a powerful and important civilization that ruled much of
Europe for nearly 1000 years. The culture of Ancient Rome was spread
throughout Europe during its rule. As a result, Rome's culture still has an
impact in the Western world today. The basis for much of Western culture
comes from Ancient Rome, especially in areas such as government,
engineering, architecture, language, and literature.

● Food:People in Ancient Rome ate a wide variety of foods. What a

person ate depended on both their wealth and where they lived in the
Roman Empire. Food was imported from all around the empire to feed
the large populations in the capital
city of Rome. How many meals did
they eat? The Romans ate three
meals during a typical day.
breakfast was called the
"ientaculum." It was usually eaten
around sunrise and consisted of
bread and maybe some fruit. Lunch
was called the "prandium". The
prandium was a very small meal
eaten around 11 AM. The main meal of the day was the "cena." It was
eaten in the afternoon.

● School: Schools in medieval Europe typically fell under the jurisdiction

and care of Church personnel. Since the clergy and the monks were
usually the only educated and literate people in early medieval Europe,
they were naturally assigned the task of imparting education at these
schools.It was typical for r children of wealthy families to receive their
early education from private tutors. However, it was common for
children of more humble means to be instructed in a primary school.

Formal education at schools was largely limited to

the boys hailing from wealthy families whereas
girls were educated at home by their mothers.
Peasants and serfs were also forbidden from gaining education at these
schools.
Some subjects were US history, world history, geography, biography, science,
mathematics and fun stuff.

● Homes:
Most people in the cities of Ancient Rome
lived in apartments called insulae. The
wealthy lived in single family homes called
domus of various sizes depending on how
rich they were. The vast majority of the
people living in Roman cities lived in
cramped apartment buildings called insulae.
Insulae were generally three to five stories
high and housed from 30 to 50 people. The
individual apartments usually consisted of
two small rooms. The bottom floor of the insulae often housed shops and
stores that opened out to the streets.

The wealthy elite lived in large single family

homes called domus. These homes were
much nicer than the insulae. Most Roman
houses had similar features and rooms.
There was an entryway that led to the main area of the house called the
atrium. Other rooms such as bedrooms, dining room, and kitchen might be off
to the sides of the atrium. Beyond the atrium was the office. In the back of the
home was often an open garden.

The Roman villa of a wealthy Roman

family was often much larger and more
comfortable than their city home. They
had multiple rooms including servants'
quarters, courtyards, baths, pools, storage
rooms, exercise rooms, and gardens.
They also had modern comforts such as indoor plumbing and heated floors.

Bathing was one of the most common

daily activities in Roman culture, and
was practiced in a wide variety of
social classes. Although many
contemporary cultures view bathing as
a very private activity performed at
home, bathing in Rome was a
communal activity. These Roman
baths ranged from simple to extremely
elaborate structures, varying in size, arrangement, and decoration. To
accommodate this ritual, all Roman bathhouses contained a series of rooms
that were progressively heated. Most contained an apodyterium, a room just
inside the entrance where the bather kept his clothes. Next, the bather
advanced towards the frigidarium (cold bath) with its cold water tank, the
tepidarium (warm bath) and finally the caldarium (hot bath).