5.4 From emperor to client

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Rome, eternal empire

5.4 From emperor to client

At the end of this lesson...

• You can give examples of how the rich and the poor lived in Rome.
•  You can explain which role slaves had in the Roman Empipre.
• You can use the city of Pompeii to explain the Roman culture.
  
• You can determine if a source can be used for research.

Typical Aspects H5

• the rise of the Roman empire, which spread Graeco-Roman culture across Europe
  
• Classical design elements in Graeco-Roman culture
  
• the conflict between Graeco-Roman culture and the Germanic culture of northwestern Europe
  
• the rise of the first monotheistic religions, Judaism and Christianity

Feniks, Geschiedenis Werkplaats, Memo, Saga

5.4.1

One empire, one city, one people?

5.4.2

Slavery in the country

Feniks, Geschiedenis Werkplaats, Memo, Saga

Typical Aspects H5

• the rise of the Roman empire, which spread Graeco-Roman culture across Europe
  
• Classical design elements in Graeco-Roman culture
  
• the conflict between Graeco-Roman culture and the Germanic culture of northwestern Europe
  
• the rise of the first monotheistic religions, Judaism and Christianity

One people?

• Roman society did not view all people the same way.
• Which class people belonged to was decided by looking at where you were born, how rich you were, what kind of job you had, and which people you knew
  
• Rich Romans lived in luxury, with big houses, slaves, education, hobbies
  
• Poor people lived in insulae, apartment buildings
  
• Lot of public facilities in the city
  
• To keep the poor calm, ‘bread and circuses’

Class: A population group within a society

Slavery

• Roman society was urban agrarian. 
• Roman Empire needed large-scale farming. This was organized by large landowners, rich Roman citizens
  
• Roman society had a lot of slaves
  
• Some did uneducated hard work, others worked in houses, some worked as a gladiator, some were educated etc.
  
• Some slaves planned rebellions, with the most famous one Spartacus

Urban agrarian: A society where agriculture is the main means of livelihood, but in which cities also play an important role

Landowner: A person who owns (a lot of) farmland

Rebellion: To fight back against the person or people in power

 

Why Slavery?

There was a huge number of slaves in ancient Rome, for three main reasons

1. The children of slaves automatically became slaves themselves
   
2. The Romans conquered and enslaved many foreign peoples
   
3. the very poorest of Romans often had no other option left than to sell themselves into slavery

As you know....

Gladiators were also slaves! But were there female gladiators?