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