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4 09, 2017

Juno the Roman god – Roman religion

By |2019-10-20T15:12:17-07:00September 4th, 2017|Religion, Romans|Comments Off on Juno the Roman god – Roman religion

Juno the Roman god Who was Juno? Juno was Jupiter's wife and sister for the Romans, the way Hera was Zeus's wife for the Greeks. Because the Romans and the Greeks were both descended from Central Asian Indo-Europeans, Hera and [...]

4 09, 2017

Ancient Roman people – who lived in the Roman Empire?

By |2018-04-25T10:24:36-07:00September 4th, 2017|People, Romans|Comments Off on Ancient Roman people – who lived in the Roman Empire?

A barmaid brings a drink to two men sitting on chairs. The words show the men arguing about whose drink it is. (Caupona of Salvius, Pompeii, 79 AD) The Roman Empire was so [...]

4 09, 2017

Roman family – children and households in ancient Rome

By |2019-06-04T06:23:09-07:00September 4th, 2017|People, Romans|Comments Off on Roman family – children and households in ancient Rome

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 [...]

16 08, 2017

What is a dowry? History of marriage

By |2019-05-17T05:38:18-07:00August 16th, 2017|Economy|Comments Off on What is a dowry? History of marriage

Dowry: Peleus, future father of Achilles, greets the guests at his wedding; the bride Thetis waits inside the house (Sophilos; British Museum, ca. 580 BC) When did people start to [...]

4 08, 2017

Medieval people – Life in medieval Europe

By |2019-12-19T20:10:18-08:00August 4th, 2017|Medieval, People|Comments Off on Medieval people – Life in medieval Europe

Madonna and child (Donatello) Medieval families The way people thought about each other in the Middle Ages, everyone was involved in complicated systems of relationships with each other. The first relationships [...]

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