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Social Rank & Life
Social Rank and Daily LIfe- Use for 11/30/12 quiz!!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| elite | the upper class, the patriacians, PURPLE BORDER! |
| patricians | the upper class, PURPLE BORDER!! should only be a polition, not punish as bad as lower classes |
| who were the patricians? (example- farmers) | emperor, senate, wealthy |
| plebeians | the middle class, plain togas, more humble class, some of the were wealthy |
| who were the plebeians? (example- emperor) | farmers, shopkeepers, soldiers, and other working people |
| slaves | poorest, were owned, couldn't vote or hold office, at mercy of masters |
| freedmen | ex-slaves that were freed by their masters, most of the time worked for Caesar, didn't happen often |
| Slaves' Jobs | farms, housholds, mining, shipping, road building, construction, |
| good change in social class | most of the plebeians were farmers and lucky if farm got by each year, so usually didn't have enough money to become a patricain |
| bad change in social class | if you lost your money, you lost your social class, |
| what was class determined by? | wealth or birth (born into a wealthy family) |
| big houses were owned by the... | elite and upper class |
| atrium | a living area with a hole in the middle, pool under to catch rain water |
| what does 'triclinium' mean? | 3 couch place |
| triclinium | where the romans had their meals, lying down |
| slaves for rich people | rich family- 500 really rich family- 4,000 |
| insulae | 5-story apartment building where most of the population lived |
| ______ blocks of insulae for every villa | 25-26 |
| insulaes didn't have________, _______,_________ and __________ | heat, light, cleanliness, and water |
| where did the majority of the population get water? | from fountains |
| problems in the insulae | crime, fires, and disease |
| infant mortality | 1/4 of babies died b4 1 |
| child mortality | 1/2 of kids didn't see 10 |
| men in a family | automatic leader |
| power over children | could sell them into slavery, arranged marriages for kids |
| changes in 100 AD | couldn't sell kids to slavery, |
| roman women differnt from greek ones? | yes,could have own slaves and property |
| edu.- age | start at 7 and end for girls at 15 |
| edu.-gender | both |
| edu-subjects | reading, writing, and math |
| rhetoric | the art of effective speaking and writing |
| science and engineering | rarely had them because people who wanted 2 go pro in that were apprenteces |