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poorer   ---- people lived in apartment buildings made of stone and wood  
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six   Roman apartments were up to ---- stories high and often collapsed because they were so poorly built  
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fire   ---- was a constant danger in the city because people used torches and lamps for lighting and cooked with oil  
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bread and circuses   to keep the people from rioting, the Roman government provided ---- and ----  
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free; gladiator   to keep the people from rioting, the Roman government also provided ---- grain and sporting shows, such as chariot races and ---- contest  
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Gladiators   ---- were men who fought animals and each other  
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enslaved   most gladiators were ---- people, criminals, or poorer people  
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large   Roman families were ---- and included young and married children, other relatives, and enslaved servants  
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man   the paterfamilias was the ---- who headed the family  
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control   the paterfamilias had complete --- over family members  
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marriages   for example, the paterfamilias punished children severely if they disobeyed and arranged their ----  
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education   wealthy children - boys and girls - received an ---- through hired tutors  
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rhetoric   some older boys went to school where they learned reading, writing, and ----, or public speaking  
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older   ---- girls did not go to school  
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household   girls studied reading and writing at home and learned ---- duties  
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man   a boy became a ---- between the ages 14 and 16  
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government   once a boy came of age, a man might join his family's business, become a solider, or begin a career in the ----  
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married   girls became adults when they ----  
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citizens   women in early rome had some rights, but they were not full ----  
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wife   the paterfamilias looked after his wife and controlled her affairs  
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advice   the paterfamilias often sought her ---- in private  
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families   woman had a strong influence on their ---- and some wives of famous men, including emperors, became well-known themselves  
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Livia   the empress ---- wife of Augustus had a say in rome's politics  
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goddess   Augustus's wife was later honored as a ----  
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freedom   wealthy women had more ---- than poor women  
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property   wealthy women could own land, run businesses, and sell ----  
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managed   wealthy women ---- the household and had enslaved people do the housework  
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freedom   women with less money had less ----  
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shops   women with less money spent most of their time working in their houses or helping their husbands in family-run ----  
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slaves   ---- were not uncommon in the Roman Empire  
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40   the use of slave labor grew as Rome took over more territory and by 100 B.C., about ---- percent of the people in Italy were slaves  
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hardships   slaves suffered many ---- and were treated poorly  
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rebelled   in order to escape their hardships, Rome's slaves often ----  
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Spartacus   ---- was a gladiator who lead a slave revolt  
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70,0000   under Spartacus, a force of ---- enslaved people defeated several roman armies  
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crushed   the revolt was eventually ---- and Spartacus was crucified  
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gods   the ancient Romans worshiped many ---- and goddesses  
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names   Greek gods and goddesses were popular in Rome, but they were given Roman ----  
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emperors   Roman ---- were also worshiped  
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government   this practice strengthened support for the ----  
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religions   as the roman empire grew, the romans conquered people of ----  
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worship   people of other religions were allowed to ---- freely as long as they did not threaten the Roman government  
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