The Early Roman Republic SPQR, Structure
... citizen evolved during the Roman Republic and changed significantly during the later Roman Empire. After the Romans freed themselves from the Etruscans, they established a republic, and all males over 15 who were descended from the original tribes of Rome became citizens. Citizens of Rome ...
... citizen evolved during the Roman Republic and changed significantly during the later Roman Empire. After the Romans freed themselves from the Etruscans, they established a republic, and all males over 15 who were descended from the original tribes of Rome became citizens. Citizens of Rome ...
Roman and Celtic Women in the Ancient World
... ravages of time came from the outer corners of the Empire such as Egypt, Britain and France and may or may not have been representative of Rome or even Italy. When people today have their portraits done they usually chose to wear fairly dressy clothing, perhaps wanting to look their best for succeed ...
... ravages of time came from the outer corners of the Empire such as Egypt, Britain and France and may or may not have been representative of Rome or even Italy. When people today have their portraits done they usually chose to wear fairly dressy clothing, perhaps wanting to look their best for succeed ...
Slide 1 - Scoilnet
... the spine, which the chariots hurtled around, lap after lap, trying to cut in front of each other. • Chariot-racing was a very popular sport all over the Roman Empire. ...
... the spine, which the chariots hurtled around, lap after lap, trying to cut in front of each other. • Chariot-racing was a very popular sport all over the Roman Empire. ...
some theoretical perspectives on human sexuality
... Double Standard “Sperm are cheap, eggs are expensive.” ...
... Double Standard “Sperm are cheap, eggs are expensive.” ...
Roman Daily Life Roman Citizens Slavery in Rome Roman Social
... circus- circular arena, the show in the arena emperor had to keep people calm bread and circuses gladiators- people who fought to the death ...
... circus- circular arena, the show in the arena emperor had to keep people calm bread and circuses gladiators- people who fought to the death ...
women in rome - facts you need to know
... The ideal Roman woman was considered to be one who was modest, had a lot of (male) children, did not spend too much money, quiet and obedient to her husband. Wife -beating was not considered to be a crime. (See handout on marriage and childbirth). Many Roman women spent a lot of money on jewellery a ...
... The ideal Roman woman was considered to be one who was modest, had a lot of (male) children, did not spend too much money, quiet and obedient to her husband. Wife -beating was not considered to be a crime. (See handout on marriage and childbirth). Many Roman women spent a lot of money on jewellery a ...
Homosexuality in ancient Rome
Same-sex attitudes and behaviors in ancient Rome often differ markedly from those of the contemporary West. Latin lacks words that would precisely translate ""homosexual"" and ""heterosexual"". The primary dichotomy of ancient Roman sexuality was active/dominant/masculine and passive/submissive/""feminized"". Roman society was patriarchal, and the freeborn male citizen possessed political liberty (libertas) and the right to rule both himself and his household (familia). ""Virtue"" (virtus) was seen as an active quality through which a man (vir) defined himself. The conquest mentality and ""cult of virility"" shaped same-sex relations. Roman men were free to enjoy sex with other males without a perceived loss of masculinity or social status, as long as they took the dominant or penetrative role. Acceptable male partners were slaves, prostitutes, and entertainers, whose lifestyle placed them in the nebulous social realm of infamia, excluded from the normal protections accorded a citizen even if they were technically free. Although Roman men in general seem to have preferred youths between the ages of 12 and 20 as sexual partners, freeborn male minors were strictly off-limits, and professional prostitutes and entertainers might be considerably older.Same-sex relations among women are less documented. Although Roman women of the upperclasses were educated, and are known to have written poetry and corresponded with male relatives, very few fragments of anything that might have been written by women survive. Male writers took little interest in how women experienced sexuality in general; the Augustan poet Ovid takes an exceptionally keen interest, but advocates for a heterosexual lifestyle contrary to Roman sexual norms. During the Republic and early Principate, little is recorded of sexual relations among women, but better and more varied evidence, though scattered, exists for the later Imperial period.