Ancient+Romens+Life+by+Madison

__ Hygiene __

At the baths, you could bathe,have your hair cut, exercise, read, and even have a snack. There was a fee to get in but it was low so the poor could get in.But, they didn’t use soap. Instead, they put scented oil on themselves and scraped it off with a metal scraper, called a strigil.You would also pass through several baths during your time there. __ Food __

For breakfast, Most had bread, honey, and fruit. The poor had only bread and water while the wealthy had cheese, olives, and raisins.

At dinner, they had bread, fruit, vegetables, and a type of porridge. The wealthy might have had meat.

__ Clothing __

The poor and middle class wore tunics of rough cotton. The knights and senate had purple in their tunics. Their tunics were also made of a softer material. Everyone wore sandals made of leather. __ Housing __

The Romans lived in apartments, domus, palaces, and villas. The apartments were the most common housing, as they were the most affordable. A domus was only owned by the well off, and even had a small water feature. This water feature was rain water collected from gutters. The palaces were saved for the wealthiest Romans, namely royalty. Most of the extremely wealthy wanted a villa. A villa was a large complex made up of three parts. The first part was where the family that owned the villa lived and it was beautifully decorated with tiles and paintings, The next part was where the servants lived. This was also the living quarters for the farms animals. There would usually be other rooms here that might be used as store rooms, a hospital and even a prison.

__ Rights  __ Men were the head of the family and worked jobs out of the house. They supported the family. The women only had rights later. Earlier in the Roman Empire, they had no rights. Both men and women could own land and work to make a living. However, women could only do this only later.

__ Jobs __

The men had mainly jobs in the city. They were barbers, soldiers, blacksmiths, and many more things. The women mainly ran the house. They cooked, raised the children, and cleaned the house. They basically ran the family.