Encyclopedia - Social Class In Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Class In Ancient Rome - Plebeians
The plebeians made up the bulk of the Roman citizenry. They were divided into four sub-classes based on property. The poorest class, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Class In Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Class In Ancient Rome - Freedmen
Freedmen (libertii) were freed slaves. Their status varied from generation to generation through the Republic; Livy states that freedmen ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Class In Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Class In Ancient Rome - Patricians
The patrician class was considered the backbone of Roman society. Contemporary politicians and writers (Coriolanus, for example) in the K...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Language
The native language of the Romans was Latin, an Italic language. An inflectional and synthetic language, Latin relies little on word orde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - The Arts
Culture of ancient Rome - Literature. Roman literature was from its very inception influenced heavily by Greek authors. Some of the ear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome
Ancient Roman culture evolved throughout the almost 1300-year history of that civilization. The term refers to the culture of the Roman R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Sports And Entertainment
The ancient city of Rome had a place called Campus, a sort of drill ground for Roman soliders, which was located near the Tiber river. La...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Religion
Roman religious beliefs date back to the founding of Rome, around 800 BC, but the Roman religion commonly associated with the Roman Repub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Historical And Cultural Context
Many aspects of the Roman culture were appropriated from the Ancient Greeks. In architecture and sculpture, the continuity between Greek ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Customs And Daily Life
Life in the ancient Roman cities revolved round the Forum, the central business district, where most of the Romans would go for marketing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Social Structure
The center of the early social structure, dating from the time of the agricultural tribal city state, was the family, which was not only ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Social Structure
The center of the early social structure, dating from the time of the agricultural tribal city state, was the family, which was not only ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - The Arts
Culture of ancient Rome - Literature. Main article: Latin literature Roman literature was from its very inception influenced heavily ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Religion
Roman religious beliefs date back to the founding of Rome, around 800 BC, but the Roman religion commonly associated with the Roman Repub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Rome - Society
Life in ancient Rome revolved around the city of Rome, located on seven hills. The city had a vast number of monumental structures like t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Rome - Military
The early Roman army was, like those of other contemporary city-states, a citizen force in which the bulk of the troops fought as hoplite...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Rome - Culture
Ancient Rome - Language. Main article: Latin The native language of the Romans was Latin, an Italic language that relies little on wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Rome - History
Ancient Rome - Monarchy. Main article: Roman Kingdom The city of Rome grew from settlements around a ford on the river Tiber, a cross...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Rome - Technology
Ancient Rome boasted the most impressive technological feats of its day, utilizing many advancements that would be lost in the Middle Age...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Class In Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Class In Ancient Rome - Slaves
Slaves (servi) were for the most part descended from debtors and from prisoners of war, especially women and children captured during sie...   » Read the article