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Ancient Rome facts – Etruscans to the fall of Rome

By |2018-09-11T17:45:55-07:00September 29th, 2017|

Quatr.us experts wrote all of these simple, free articles. Click on any link to read the full article. Just beginning work on ancient Rome? Read the basic Roman history article, or start at the beginning with the Etruscans and the foundation of the Roman Republic. Doing homework or writing a paper? See our articles on [...]

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Roman philosophy – ancient Rome

By |2018-04-24T11:41:37-07:00September 4th, 2017|Philosophy, Romans|

A Roman man making a speech (Florence, about 50 BC) Thanks to VROMA for the image Romans meet Greek philosophy Roman men didn't begin studying philosophy until about 200 BC. At that time, the Romans were conquering Greece. So a lot of Roman soldiers and generals spent a lot of time in Greece, and got a chance to talk [...]

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Slavery in ancient Rome

By |2018-04-25T10:26:05-07:00September 4th, 2017|People, Romans|

A Roman shepherd, probably a slave (Istanbul, 500s AD) Many Roman people were owned by other people, or by the Roman government, as slaves. Because the Romans didn't really have hourly wage work, or salaried work, as we do now, men and women who didn't own their own land and didn't own businesses of their own were often enslaved. [...]

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Roman schools – education in ancient Rome

By |2020-05-28T11:11:28-07:00September 4th, 2017|Romans|

Roman education outside of school: A Roman teacher home-schooling, about 200 AD Poor kids had to work Roman schools were for rich boys; most Roman kids did not go to school. Like their parents, they worked in the fields hoeing and weeding and plowing as soon as they were old enough. More about Roman farming History of schools [...]

Roman women: Women in ancient Rome – gender and power

By |2018-05-16T23:44:59-07:00September 4th, 2017|People, Romans|

Roman women: an old woman, about 50 AD. The sculptor has made her look silly on purpose to make fun of old women Were women oppressed in ancient Rome? Roman women lived under many restrictions that did not apply to Roman men. Roman women knew that men were treating them unfairly, and they [...]

Roman high school – education in ancient Rome

By |2019-08-14T00:02:34-07:00September 4th, 2017|People, Romans|

Roman high school: A fragment of Homer's Iliad on papyrus Who went to high school? Only the richest and smartest Roman boys went on from elementary school to high school. Most girls couldn't go to high school, but some girls were homeschooled. Roman schools Egyptian schools All our ancient Rome articles Leaving home for [...]

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Roman family – children and households in ancient Rome

By |2019-06-04T06:23:09-07:00September 4th, 2017|People, Romans|

A Roman family on a tombstone Roman definitions of family The Roman idea of family included not just a husband and wife and their children, but also the people they enslaved (if they had any), and free employees. So it meant something more like a household, or a family-owned business. Roman economy Roman women [...]

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Tacitus – Roman historian – ancient Rome

By |2017-09-04T08:11:49-07:00September 4th, 2017|History, Literature, Romans|

The tombstone of Tacitus Tacitus' work is as well known for his skill in writing history as it is for the value of the facts he presents. His beautiful and efficient phrasing, his ability to bring characters to life with only a few words, his willingness to present the information fairly and in [...]

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Sulpicia – Roman poetry – ancient Rome

By |2019-08-04T09:49:33-07:00September 4th, 2017|Literature, Romans|

Not really Sulpicia: A woman from Roman Egypt, holding a notebook and a pen Who was Sulpicia? Sulpicia is one of very few Roman women whose poetry managed to last through the ages so we can read it. She lived in Rome in the time of the Roman emperor Augustus, around the same time as Ovid, maybe [...]

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Seneca – Roman philosophy – ancient Rome

By |2017-09-04T01:17:29-07:00September 4th, 2017|Literature, Romans|

Seneca, the Roman philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca was one of the great writers of the Julio-Claudianperiod in Rome. He was born in the Roman province of Spain about 3 BC. But his aunt took him to Rome during the reign of the emperor Claudius, so Seneca could get a good education. Seneca's father was a well-known [...]

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