Chapter 10 Section 1 Life In Ancient Rome Flashcards
A Roman writer who drew some of his ideas from homers Odyssey and wrote an epic poem called the Aeneid which describes the adventures of the Trojan prince and the us and how he came to Italy
Virgil
A Roman poet who used Greek models and wrote satire is the poke fun at human weaknesses and composed oh those
Horace
Works of literature that poke fun at human weakness
Satire
Poems that express strong emotions about life
Odes
A great Doctor Who brought many medical ideas to Rome and emphasize the importance of anatomy.
Galen
A Roman scientist who lived in Alexandria Egypt and studied the sky and carefully map over 1000 different stars and studied the motion of planets and created rules explaining their movements.
Ptolemy.
The study of body structure
Anatomy
And open space that served as the marketplace in public square. Temples in public buildings were built around it.
Forum
Enslave people, criminals, or poor people who were professional fighters. They were admired much like sports heroes today. They fought animals and each other.
Gladiators
The father of the family was the head of the household and had complete control of her family members. He punish children severely if they disobeyed he also arrange their marriages.
Paterfamilias
A course in school which teaches public speaking
Rhetoric
A gladiator who led a slave revolt in 73 BC with a force of 70,000 enslaved people who managed to defeat several Roman armies before being crushed and crucified two years later
Spartacus
How did the Romans improve on Greek ideas in architecture?
They added their own features, such as arches in domes Roman builders were the first to make full use of the arch. Rose of arches could form of vault.
Compare the life of upper-class women to women of other classes.
Wealthy women had a great deal of independence. They could on land, run businesses, and sell property. They manage the household and had enslaved people to do the housework. This left the women free to study literature art and fashion. Outside the home they could go to the theater in the amphitheater, but in both places they had to sit in areas separate from men.
Him and with less money and less freedom. They spent most of their time working in their house or helping their husbands and family-run shops. They were allowed to leave home to shop, visit friends, worship at temples, or go to the bats. A few women did work independently outside the home. Some service priestesses, while others worked as hair dressers or doctors.
A curved ceiling formed when rows of arches were often built against one another forms a…
Vault
