What were the types of jobs in ancient rome?

Answer 1

The types of jobs in ancient Rome were pretty much the same as our jobs today except without the modern technology. For example, if a ditch or hole had to be dug, the Romans used the "shovel and shoulder" method in place of a of modern "bobcat". Education then, as today, played an important role in determining what type of work a person could do. A well educated person could use his skills in math, writing or even in some aspects of farming to earn a living. The less educated could apprentice themselves to perhaps a butcher or an ironsmith and learn a trade. Even the poorly or non-educated could sign on as a hand on one of the many merchant ships that were coming and going. However, the free citizens of Rome were always in competition with slave labor, and unless he were lucky enough to have a small business, or a skill in some needed service, he had a difficult time finding work.

Answer 2

To the elite, the common job was politics and how to advance themselves and their families. For the lower classes, a man either had his own business or, as the majority of poor Romans did, hired themselves out as day laborers.