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Civilized means to be developing human ingenuity and being polite mannered with a high level of organization. How civilized were the Romans? We don’t know. We can only find out by researching deep into their environment. This essay will be based on a small viewpoint of the ancient romans; the daily life and social class. We will be looking at their daily lifestyle and social class system. The Romans were not civilized because no matter how hard you work, you cannot change your social status.

Romans treated the woman like lower class people. Nobody could change that. Women never ran their own businesses. In modern times, women run their own businesses, have political power, and are treated equally as men. Ancient Roman women never came into power, and were expected to do the household chores like sewing and weaving. Even the emperor’s daughter was denounced in public and was banished for life because she didn’t have womanly virtues ("Women"). Romans were uncivilized because they looked down on women. They never let them voice their opinion, and had very harsh consequences for them if they ever did. Once you were born a woman, you were sometimes sold, or even killed. You had no say in anything, and would be expected to perform a normal routine for life without change.

The Romans were not civilized because they treated women with this insolence, but however resentful the Romans treated the woman of Rome, there is more evidence to their cruelty and philistine. Slaves in ancient Rome were very popular, as they were used all throughout the commonwealth, and made 25% of the population. A wealthy man might own 500 slaves, but the emperor might own up to 20,000 (Trueman). Slaves were treated based on their significance. A slave that wa...

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...ecome a gladiator. Civilized means to be developing human ingenuity and being polite mannered with a high level of organization. How civilized were the Romans? They weren't.

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