Ancient Rome

In Rome, it was a clear day with no trouble at all.The slaves were working the government was making laws to help themselves. The government was a republic but only the wealthy men got to vote.The peasants had no say in what was done.In the peasant's villages, women named Leontia and her husband Caduceus were having the argument they always had. Leontia had black hair that was frizzy and had a strong face. Also, Leontia was very skinny except for the fat belly because she was pregnant.She was a…

to lose all their power and fall under the Romans as low life peasants/servers. Before the fall of the kingdom, Egypt was known as a huge source for healthy living and tremendous trade due to the fertile land along the Nile. Making the takeover for Rome a crucial part of their survival as a civilization. Still there was a red flag on how to impose their power over such a vast amount of land and be able to control it…

would take credit for their success. However, not all emperors of Rome were the essence of a great leader, like Augustus, but instead ruled with fear, and corruption. Furthermore, Around 30 AD there was an emperor named Tiberius who was putting the stability of Rome in question; for example, his judging was questionable, he raised taxes, pocked the profits, cut back on festivals and games for the people. The senate and the people of Rome were getting tired of Tiberius and were ready for a new…

history started in the 14th century. The disease was caused by the bacteria Yersinia Pettis that spread among the wild black rodents where they inhabit in a huge colony. Rome was one of many major cities that was greatly affected by the Black Death, if not the worse. We’ll be discussing how did the Black Death affect the city of Rome politically, socially and economically. So, it is necessary to discuss the reactions from the people and statistics like deaths every day caused by the disease, the…

The year 37 AD was a very influential year for Rome, although they may not have realized it at the time. The Domitius Ahenobarbus family, one that was considered noble and very recognized, gained a new family member during this year. Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, better known as Nero, was born on December 15, year 37. His father was Cnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and his mother was Agrippina. During the very first years of his life, Nero went through a rough time. When Nero was just two years old,…

history, women have played many different roles from helping to lead civilizations to just being slaves to men. The women that lived in Rome were better off than women that lived in China because they had more legal rights in marriage and didn’t have as strict of social standards. The women that lived in Rome had legal rights when it came to marriage. In Ancient Rome, married women had a share of all possessions and sacred rights that their husband had. Women had power in their marriages and…

Public Services In Ancient Rome there was a lot of positives and negatives. One of Rome's elements was their Public Services. I would give Rome's Public Services a B-; I would give it a B- because they had a great idea for finding water and getting it to Rome but water that got to Rome wasn’t healthy. On the other hand their roads were great! The Romans had citizens that went and looked for water, they would find springs, ponds, lakes, and other bodies of water. They looked at the inhabitants…

Norman W. “The Primitive Roman Household”. The Classical Journal 15.4 (1920): 216–225. JSTOR. Print. 1 May 2016. “The Primitive Roman Household,” an excerpt from volume 15 of The Classical Journal, details the unique structure of a household in the ancient Roman Empire, from the physical architecture of the house to the roles and hierarchies all the inhabitants lived by, the former of which tended to bear hardest upon the women. In the latter half of the piece, DeWitt describes the duties of…

contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire even before it split into eastern and western Rome and became known as Rome and the Byzantium Empire. During the height of Rome’s power it had control of most of modern day Europe and some of north Africa. With its size cam problems one of which were nearly constant war with barbarian tribes. Sadly “In 410 C.E., the Visigoths, led by Alaric, breached the walls of Rome and sacked the capital of the Roman Empire.” This was the first time that the capital…

In Ancient Roman society, women did not have many rights or freedoms. They lacked most legal and political rights, and had little power or influence (PBS. 2006.). Most women were totally dependent on men in this society, as they shared the rank of their husbands and fathers (Hennessy, D. 1990:35.), and they were also expected to be completely submissive to these males; being a good mother and wife was the most important role in a roman women’s life (Cartwright, M. 2014.), as men and women were…