Daily Life in the Roman Empire
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- Daily Life in the Roman Empire
- Life is great in the Roman Empire!
- Rome is an amazing place if you have money. For example, . . .
- Not for all of us! What’s so good about your daily life?
- Religion
- One emperor, Caligula, had a temple built to house a statue of himself made of gold.
- Well, each home has an altar where the family worshipped its own household gods and spirits. The family hearth, or fireplace, was sacred to the goddess Vesta.
- Family Life
- I can pay political positions and you can’t
- Well it must be nice, both husbands and wives have to work to be able to feed and care for themselves and their children.
- Food and Drink
- Housing
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- Poor vs. Rich Romans
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