Ancient Rome

Learning Outcomes
Watch a video about the day in the life of a Roman citizen
Discuss social class the poor and the rich
Roman Houses Houses of the Rich and the houses of the
poor

Homework
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Discuss and analyse pupil comments

Recap
Organisation
Roman Enemies
Decimatio
Roman Soldier
Republic

Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-VmbxpEFAA

Social Class - Patricians

Plebeians

Plebeians
The Plebeians were all workers and tradesman of the city.
The more educated of these worked as doctors and lawyers.
Other plebeians included bakers, butchers and carpenters.
Pleb

Roman Forum
Centre of the City
Forum was the main marketplace containing important
temples and government buildings
Via Sacra

Via Sacra

Roman Houses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqodAR80AtQ
Take Notes in your copies
Patricians House

Plebeians
Poor classes lived in insulae (apartment blocks).
Sanitation was poor. What is sanitation?????
Kept warm by wooding burning stoves on the ground floor.
This would heat the entire building.
AD64, Most of Rome was burnt down in a blaze due to these
burning stoves.

Insulae