TOPIC 8: ROMAN

LIFESTYLE
 Roman Facts

1.The modern calendar, 12 months and 365 days,

was created by the Romans.

2.Romans believed in Gods and Goddesses who

ruled over different areas of life. They built temples
for them and took them offerings.
 Roman Facts

Urine was collected from the bathhouses to be used for

laundry and medicine.

Instead of toilet paper, the

Romans used a wet sponge on
the end of a stick.
 Roman Facts

Education was very important and all children were taught to read and
write. Children were taught through fear of being beaten if they got
something wrong.
Roman Clothing
 Roman Houses

The Romans built lots of cities that

were well fortified with city walls.
They also introduced lots of
luxuries into civilisation, such as
public baths, roads and even
plumbing!

As a Roman, the type of house you

would live in would depend on
whether you were rich or poor and
whether you lived in the town or
the country.
 Domus
A domus was a type of house in the city in which
a rich Roman would have lived.

A domus was a very grand single-storey building, often with

marble pillars, statues and mosaics on walls and floors.
They would have had multiple rooms, including bedrooms, a dining room, kitchen,
courtyards, gardens and places to relax and entertain guests.
 Villa
A Roman villa was a luxurious estate for rich Romans in the countryside.

They were much larger and more comfortable than a domus and had even more
rooms, including servants quarters and exercise rooms.
Some villas even had underfloor heating! A hypocaust was a system which
pumped hot air from a fire around a system of tunnels underneath the villa’s
main floor.
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Strigil
(used to clean
the skin in a
bath house)