Ancient Rome

Fat and happy and lazy and self-indulgent are the same thing. Fat/Happy is a polite terms for Lazy/Self-indulgent.

Fat and happy and lazy and self-indulgent are the same thing. Fat/Happy is a polite terms for Lazy/Self-indulgent.

Fat and happy and lazy and self-indulgent are the same thing. Fat/Happy is a polite terms for Lazy/Self-indulgent.

Fat and happy and lazy and self-indulgent are the same thing. Fat/Happy is a polite terms for Lazy/Self-indulgent.

Fat and happy and lazy and self-indulgent are the same thing. Fat/Happy is a polite terms for Lazy/Self-indulgent.

Fat and happy and lazy and self-indulgent are the same thing. Fat/Happy is a polite terms for Lazy/Self-indulgent.

Fat and happy and lazy and self-indulgent are the same thing. Fat/Happy is a polite terms for Lazy/Self-indulgent.

Fat and happy and lazy and self-indulgent are the same thing. Fat/Happy is a polite terms for Lazy/Self-indulgent.

Fat and happy and lazy and self-indulgent are the same thing. Fat/Happy is a polite terms for Lazy/Self-indulgent.

The Romans were pretty good at keeping records of what went on in their empire, and many of these records still exist.

Bear in mind that Octavian/Augustus was a master politician--perhaps the greatest politician of all time. He gained the upper hand in Roman politics at the time when there was a vacuum in government. The republic was completely unworkable due to its deterioration into self-serving cliques. Octavian, through political maneuvering and with help from those he recruited to his cause, was able to be granted extraordinary powers. Once he won the civil war against Antony he offered to return those powers to the senate, but kept the most important ones, such as the office of perpetual tribune. Gradually, he began a transformation from the republic to the principate, beginning with reforming the army and appointing new senators who were allies.

Food was prepared by cooks and a good cook was a highly valued slave. If a person were of lower class, he would most times purchase his food already cooked as cooking was forbidden in many apartments due to the risk of fire.

Well they brought an elephant to Britain, but whether it was more than one or if it stayed, we don't know for certain. The emperor Claudius was said to have rode in his victory parade on an elephant.

The hil favoured by Romulus was the Palatine Hill. Remus favoured the Aventine Hill.

They were fabled to have been raised by a she-wolf.

Geography threw a dart at a map of the earth and were the dart landed there was Rome built.

The rule of law was upheld in the courts which dealt with civil cases and criminal cases.

Some historians have claimed the the Etruscans were a superior civilisation in the 6th and 5th centuries BC and they they conquered Rome during this period. It was also claimed that they had the engineering skills required to build the Cloaca Maxima, Rome's first sewer. The Etruscans were known for great agricultural irrigation and drainage works. However, this theory has been challenged. Recent archaeological finds have shown that the early Latins also had mastered the skills for irrigation and drainage by this time. More generally, the finds have also challenged the notion that the Etruscans conquered Rome.

Aside the above, the Romans invented the aqueducts to bring water from the nearby mountains to the city. The first one was the Aqua Appia, which was built in 312 BC. This was long after the period of the alleged Etruscan domination. The aqueduct was a purely Roman invention. The use of the arch for the bridgework that supported the water conduits of some aqueducts and for other architectural structures was also a Roman development.

Two brothers, Romulus and Remus, were suggested to have been deserted by their families and found and raised by a female wolf, until taken in by a shepherd is one legend of the founding of Rome. Then there is the story of Aeneas and the Trojan refugees. At any rate both of these tales are legends which mean that they may or may not be founded in fact. In reality, the city of Rome was founded by a group of locals banding together for protection more than likely generations before the story of Romulus took root.

Roman religion was basically Latin religion and some of its rites predated the foundation of the city. Early Roman religion was also influenced by Sabine religion and Etruscan religion. As the religion evolved, there was an increasing influence from Greek religion and myths.

Three things happened in 88 B.C. 1) The end of the social War 2) The massacre of the Romans & Italics in Asia (the Asiatic Vespers) which led to both the First Mithridatic War and the First Marian-Sullan Civil War 3) The start of the First Marian-Sullan Civil War

1) 88 B.C. was the final year of the Social War also called, the War of the Allies, the Marsic War or the Italian War (90-88 B.C.) This was a rebellion by Rome's Italic allies. Several of the peoples of central and southern Italy had been allies of Rome for several centuries. The provided Rome with soldiers who fought as auxiliaries who supported the Roman legions at their expense in exchange for a hare of the spoils of war and protection. They were the Marsi, Paeligni, Vestini, Marrucini, Frentani, Picentes, Samnites and Lucanians. The Campanian city of Pomeii (near Naples) and Venusia (a Latin colony in Lucania) also joined the rebellion. Historians called it social war because the allies were called socii. More recently the alternative names War of the Allies Italian War have also been in use.

The Italian allies had been demanded to be granted Roman citizenship. War broke out when Marcus Livius Drusus, a plebeian tribune murdered in 91 BC. Drusus had proposed a bill which would grant citizenship rights to the Italic allies. The allies revolted and planned to create an independent confederation called Italia, with Corfinium (the main town of the Paeligni) as its capital, which was to be renamed Italica. They also minted their own coins. This was a serious challenge to Rome because the allies had fought in Rome's wars and were battle-hardened. Moreover, as they fought as auxiliary troop which supported the Roman legions, they used the same equipment as the Romans and knew the Roman military tactics very well. Nevertheless Rome won this war.

2) In 89 B.C. the First Mithridatic War started. This was the first of a series of three wars between Rome and Mithridates V, the king of Pontus (in north-eastern Turkey). Mithridates wanted to expand his kingdom. This would have had to come at the expense of Rome's allies in the area. Tension between Rome and Pontus had been escalating and both sides were preparing for war. Mithridates provoked Rome by invading Cappadocia, a Roman ally. War broke out and Mithridates invaded Bithynia (in north-western Turkey), another ally of Rome. He was advised by Metrodoros, a prominent Greek philosopher who hated the Romans, to exterminate all the Roman in the Roman province of Asia (in western Turkey) in order to secure the support of the native inhabitants of the province for Pontus. Mithridates carried out a careful massacre designed to catch the victims by surprise in all the towns in the province at the same time. According to Appian, 80,000 Romans and Italics were killed. According to Plutarch the figure was 150,000. The exact date of the massacre is disputed among historians. One writer places it in late 89 B.C-early 88 B.C. Another places it in early to mid-88 B.C. Mithridates took over Asia and sent Archelaus, one of his generals, to Greece with a large fleet and army. He seized Piraeus, Athens' port and after a three day fight with the Roman contingent in Greece and then took Athens. He installed Aristion, a philosopher who was Athens' ambassador at the court of Mithridates, as tyrant of Athens.

In 87 B.C Sulla and five legions landed in western Greece and marched on Athens. They got the allegiance of the Greek city of Thebes and the cities of the Peloponnese (the peninsula in the south of Greece). They besieged Athens, seized it by March 1, 86 B.C. and then destroyed Piraeus, its main port. .Archelaus landed in Boeotia and was defeated at the Battle of Chaeronea in 86 B.C. He was defeated again at the Battle of Orchomenus in 85 B.C.

2) The First Marian-Sullan Civil war occurred between 88 B.C. and 87 B.C. It was fought between Marius and Sulla. Marius was the leading genial of the time and was the man who defeated the Cimbri and Teutones, who had routed the Roman armies twice and threatened to invade Italy. He was elected as consul an unprecedented six times and was a hero in Rome. He expected that he would be given the command of the First Mithridatic War which was sparked by the Asiatic Vespers (see below). Instead, Sulla was elected consul and was given the command for this war. Marius tried to overturn this and have himself appointed as the command. Sulla rejected this and used the troops he was assigned to march on Rome and start a civil war against Marius.

During most of the Roman Republic gold coins were called Aureus and silver were Denarius

Normally the Romans would call their government officials by their names. The public offices did not have titles that went with them except during the time of the principate when all the emperors were known as Caesar, a title. The names of the offices of the elected officials were: Quaestor,Tribune of the Plebs, Aedile, Praetor and Consul.

Normally the Romans would call their government officials by their names. The public offices did not have titles that went with them except during the time of the principate when all the emperors were known as Caesar, a title. The names of the offices of the elected officials were: Quaestor,Tribune of the Plebs, Aedile, Praetor and Consul.

Normally the Romans would call their government officials by their names. The public offices did not have titles that went with them except during the time of the principate when all the emperors were known as Caesar, a title. The names of the offices of the elected officials were: Quaestor,Tribune of the Plebs, Aedile, Praetor and Consul.

Normally the Romans would call their government officials by their names. The public offices did not have titles that went with them except during the time of the principate when all the emperors were known as Caesar, a title. The names of the offices of the elected officials were: Quaestor,Tribune of the Plebs, Aedile, Praetor and Consul.

Normally the Romans would call their government officials by their names. The public offices did not have titles that went with them except during the time of the principate when all the emperors were known as Caesar, a title. The names of the offices of the elected officials were: Quaestor,Tribune of the Plebs, Aedile, Praetor and Consul.

Normally the Romans would call their government officials by their names. The public offices did not have titles that went with them except during the time of the principate when all the emperors were known as Caesar, a title. The names of the offices of the elected officials were: Quaestor,Tribune of the Plebs, Aedile, Praetor and Consul.

Normally the Romans would call their government officials by their names. The public offices did not have titles that went with them except during the time of the principate when all the emperors were known as Caesar, a title. The names of the offices of the elected officials were: Quaestor,Tribune of the Plebs, Aedile, Praetor and Consul.

Normally the Romans would call their government officials by their names. The public offices did not have titles that went with them except during the time of the principate when all the emperors were known as Caesar, a title. The names of the offices of the elected officials were: Quaestor,Tribune of the Plebs, Aedile, Praetor and Consul.

Normally the Romans would call their government officials by their names. The public offices did not have titles that went with them except during the time of the principate when all the emperors were known as Caesar, a title. The names of the offices of the elected officials were: Quaestor,Tribune of the Plebs, Aedile, Praetor and Consul.

In Rome's government the consuls made sure no dictator got to much power and made other decisions for the government of Rome. The highest officials in the Roman Republic were the consuls. The consuls commanded and led the army. They also made sure that taxes were collected and laws carried out. A consul held office for only one year, so that made it difficult for any consul to grow to powerful

That's a bit of a loaded question, really. Like most ancient religions, the Greeks used religion not only to explain their environment, but also to propagate their language and culture. Most of the names of the gods and goddesses actually MEAN what they represent. Perhaps that goes without saying, but that gives a new meaning to many myths. For example, at face value, the myth of Apollo and Daphne is about the dangers of unrequited love and explains why the Laurel Tree was favored by Apollo. The truth of it is that Apollo represents the sun, and Daphne the dew, and explains why dew disappears when the sun rises. All of that is because of the meanings of the names, not just the story itself. The Etruscans and Latins (from whom the Romans derived their parts of 'Greco-Roman' mythology), did similar things. In fact, their names derive from the same sources at their Greek counterparts. Jupiter, for instance, is a corruption of "Jove Pater" (Father Jove), and Jove (which is Iovus - YO-wus - in Latin), has the same prehistoric root as the Greek name Zeus (DZOOS). And they both share a root for the Latin and Greek words for "god" ("deus" and "theos" respectively). So you see, it's not just about coming up with stories, it's about explaining how the world is the way it is, and why certain things are the way they are. They also used it to subjugate other cultural ideals. The Greek myths about Theseus and Minos were skewed from the stories because the stories we have were told by the Athenians. The Minoan versions would have, no doubt, been very different.

They had this gross stuff where they ate bacon on a stick

The Roman meals were the ientaculun, prandium and cena. The ientaculum was the equivalent of what we call breakfast. It was a light meal which consisted primarily of bread which sometimes was dipped in wine or olive oil or honey. Cheese and olives may have been eaten with the bread. It was a small meal which was eaten at dawn, before the men left for work. The Prandium was a meal which is comparable to our lunch only because it was eaten at 11 am or midday. It was a small meal which was like a snack. Often, it just consisted of leftovers from the night before or cold meat and bread, similar to modern sandwiches.

Supper (cena) was the main meal in ancient Rome. For the poor it consisted of a kind of porridge, the puls. The simplest kind would be made from emmer, water, salt and fat. The more sophisticated kind was made with olive oil, with an accompaniment of assorted vegetables when available. The richer classes ate their puls with eggs, cheese, vegetables and honey and it was also occasionally served with meat or fish.

Grains were some types of wheat (emmer, rivet wheat, einkorn, spelt, and common wheat) as and the less desirable barley, millet, and oats. Rice was imported from India and used as a medicine.

Vegetables were artichokes, asparagus, beans, beets, broad beans, broccoli, cabbages, carrots, celery, chickpeas, chicory, cucumbers, garlic, leeks lentils, lettuce, mallow leaves, marrows, mushrooms, onions, parsnips, garden peas, grass peas, pumpkins, radishes, turnips and bitter vetch

Fruit was apples, apricots (they were introduced form Armenia) cherries (they were introduced form Turkey) figs, filberts, melons (they were introduced form Africa) olives, pears, peaches, damson plums (they were introduced from Syria) quinces and pomegranates (they were introduced from Africa). Lemons were introduced in the 1st century AD.

Nuts were almonds, chestnuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts.

The most common meats were mutton or lamb and suckling pigs. Beef was not eaten often as it was difficult to preserve and because cows were used for milk and dairy products. The rich ate dormice, hares, venison, wild boar. Poultry was chicken, cranes, doves, duck, fig-peckers, flamingos, geese, guinea fowls, partridges, pheasants and wood pigeons. Peacocks and ostriches was a very expensive delicacy. Rural people cured ham and bacon. No part of the animal was wasted and was used for blood puddings, meatballs (isicia), sausages, and stews. In Lucania (in southern Italy) sausages were made from a mixture of ground meats, herbs, and nuts, with eggs as a binding ingredient, and then aged in a smoker.

Fish was very expensive and rich Romans kept fish ponds in their gardens.

Goat and sheep milk were considered superior to that of cows, Fresh milk was used to make cheese, for cooking, and in medicinal and cosmetic preparations. Butter was disdained. Lard was used for baking pastries and seasoning some dishes.

Drinks were water, the calda warm water and wine laced with spices (a winter drink) mulsum, a honeyed wine, and watered down wine. The soldiers and slaves also drunk posca, vinegar mixed with enough water to make it drinkable.

There were no tomatoes, potatoes, or corn, which come to Europe after the discovery of America. Oranges were introduced in the Mediterranean area by Italian and Portuguese merchants between the late 15th century and the beginnings of the 16th century There was also no risotto and pasta.

Daily life for the ancient Romans was busy, noisy and hard.

For food they would have their main meal at night and if they were poor they usually didn't even have a kitchen so they had to live on bread and porridge.Most of the time the ancient Roman men had their hair short, plus they shaved.

She was causing a problem to the Romans with her rebellion (she destroyed several cities and the Temple of Claudius). Plus, they refused to recognize a female ruler (women were not technical citizens in Rome), so they did not want her to lead the Iceni.

They have to get Brutus to join them. Brutus is extremely well-loved by the people, and his participation will make their actions more acceptable to the rest of Rome.

1) You need to specify what the following is if you want to make it possible to answer your question.

2) The fashionable theory that Rome was conquered by the Etruscans in the 6th century BC is just that, a theory. It has been challenged. It evidence base if flimsy to say the least and it is based on unproven assumptions. Recent archaeological evidence suggests a different picture.

A complex serious of pipes and water tunnels gave the ancient Roman Colosseum access to water.

For the most part the water came from aqueducts that were the water sources of other public facilities in Rome.