The History Of Ancient Rome

People often wonder what it was like living in the past, but do they ever think about what it was like living in Ancient Rome? According to Roman mythology, twin brothers, Romulus and Remus, played an important role in the founding of Rome. They decided to found a city along the Tiber River near the spot where they were abandoned. The brothers eventually began fighting over this city and Romulus ended up killing his brother. He then went on to build the city that eventually became Rome, which was of course named after Romulus. “Beginning in the eighth century B.C., ancient Rome grew from a small town on central Italy’s Tiber River to the capital city of Italy with nearly 3,000 years of globally influential art, architecture and culture on display

Romans are skilled in administration, organization, and engineering. They had a highly trained and disciplined military and an efficient bureaucracy. They would have never been able to manage their empire without those qualities. The Roman’s adopted much of Greek art, literature, philosophy, and even religion. They had the same set of gods as the Greeks, but with different names. Although some things have changed, life of men, children, and their lifestyle in Ancient Rome is not very different from today’s society (“Roman Roles”). In Ancient Rome, the masters of the household and of the family were men. Ancient Rome was a patriarchal society. “Women did not have much say in private or public life” (“Children of Ancient Rome”). Mothers were often less important than the father of the household. The father had the power of life and death over everyone in the family. A newborn baby would be laid at the feet of its father. If the father picked the baby up, the baby would live. If he ignored the baby, it would be taken away to die. A man could divorce his wife if she did not give birth to a son. Many women died young because childbirth was very dangerous. Women were expected to

He made almost every decision for his children such as dressing, education, and their lifestyle. Before the law changed in the first century AD., fathers could even kill their children without breaching the Roman Law. The daily life of Roman children began with breakfast first thing in the morning, which included bread and other food items depending on the social status of the family. Mornings were reserved for the education of children who were imparted by the mother. Children were also sent off to tutors during the Roman Empire and it became a part of their daily life. The girls stayed at home and helped their mother in the household doing chores. Boys, mostly ones from the lower classes, sometimes helped their fathers with work. Education for the Roman children evolved over centuries. “During the earlier period of Roman Republic, education was mainly a family enterprise and there were no schools” (“Roman Education”). Gradually, over time things changed during the late Republic and the Empire-a tuition based education system, was well in place. Many private tutors that were hired to educate the children were Greek slave or freedmen. Children spent time playing and indulging in various games. Most children loved playing hide-and-seek, flying kites, playing with balls, and rolling hoops made from pieces of metal so that they chimed like bells when rolled. They also played ball games using the hand or arm to hit the