Food
Poor, like today.
Bread and Circuses.
farming or sometimes they would be slaves.
That could be the case.....
You are in 6th grade connections academy. To find the answer read the Social Studies Journey Across Time text book on Life in Ancient Rome. Don't cheat.
As the Roman empire was a harsh and cruel one, life was not easy then.
Yes, Christianity did appeal to the poor and powerless in the ancient Roman Empire. It appealed to them because it gave them something to look forward to - the next life in which they would dwell in peace.
Roman
You would have seen rich people and poor people and people from all the many ethnicities found around the Roman Empire.
The Patricians and the Plebeians. These were the two original classes of Roman society. As the city and empire grew, a middle class called the equestrians arose and also many people came to Rome to live and work and they were neither Patrician, Plebeian, nor Equestrian. They were the Proletariat.
Poor. Christianity was indeed a religion for poor and underprivileged people at first. Mainly people with no influence on politics or anything, with no money, turned easily to Christians. Christianity promised remission and good afterlife to people who didn't do so well in real life. People who first turned to Chistianity were slaves, women (who had much smaller opportunities than men in ancient times), sick and disadvantaged people, and poor ones. Later emperor Constantine the Great developed the Edict of Milan in 313, which allowed Christians to practise their religion without persecution, which had happened before in the Empire. Constantine made Christianity a state religion and turned to a Christian himself, although not until his 40s. After that conditions for Christians improved vastly, and all people of Roman Empire had to turn to Christianity.
Because it did