Rome

= ROME:) = =**__Rome is a old and huge beautiful city.__**= = m = = //__**The Roman Men And Women**__// = = __//**Hairstyles**//__ = __Roman men and woman of all classes were fussy about their hair appearance. Up to the 2nd century most men were clean shaven, but after that beards became popular. Men's hair was sometimes cut short but was usually combed slightly forward, As can be seen in these portraits.women 's hairstyles could be fairly simple but also included very more curls which must have occupied expert maids for a long time. some women wore wigs or hair dyed their hair useing parts of plants, much as we do today. women also used make-up - chalk for a white skin and red lipstick for lips and cheeks.__ __Hairstyle fashion in rome was ever changing and particularly in the Roman i mperial period there were a number of different ways to style hair. Much the same with clothes, there were several hairstyles that were limited to certain people in ancient society. Styles are so distinctive they allow scholars today to create a chronology of Roman portraiture and art. We are able to date pictures of the empresses on coins or identify busts depending on their hairstyles.__ = __ Clotheskings clothes __ = __//Some roman kids have to work their butt's off, just to make the king or the rich people clothes the kids would make nice clothes.The rich king did not care they wanted more.romes kids work hard.later on the rich people had slaves to do work.If you could not afford clothes you would by silk or cotten.//__The Rome people have seven different types of fibers. wool,silk, hemp, linen, cotten sea silk and whiled silk = __Food__ = __**Romans didn't eat much all they ate was meat,wheat,barley,olive oil,a little fish, wine, home grown vegetables and if they were lucky to own goat's,cows, chickens, cheese and a few eggs. They also eat** **fish, especially shell fish.For lunch the romans would eat a little cooked meat with ham or salami, salad, cheese, hard-boiled eggs, vegetables and bread. For dinner they eat salad or a dish of a small fish, cooked meat and vegetables would be served,fresh fruit and cheese.Sometimes small cakes sweetened with honey.As you can hear they have big meals but only some romans do because some romans are poor and they can't afford big meals.They have alot but some of the romans don't have food at all.**__ = __**Religion**__ = __**The Romans were very superstitious. They believed that good or bad luck was given by the gods. If the gods were happy then you would have good luck but if they were unhappy then your luck would be bad. There were many different gods and each of them looked after different things. Here are some of them Jupiter was the god of the sky and the most important god, Neptune was the god of the sea, Mars was the god of war, Venus was the goddess of love, Bacchus was the god of wine and Ceres was the goddess of agriculture. The Romans also worshipped Gods in their own homes. They believed that when an Emperor died he became a god and so a sacrifice was also made to the Emperor.**__ __**A useful book on Roman religion is Ramsey MacMullen's [|Paganism in the Roman Empire]. His writing is very lively, and he uses a lot of interesting stories from the Roman world to illustrate his points. No pictures though. Also check out A World Full of Gods: The Strange Triumph of Christianity, by Keith Hopkins**__. = __**LEGEND**__ = __On evey 1st day of a moth the people of rome had to kill a sheep and then they had to put the sheep blood all over the door. If they did not the first baby they had he or she would die.This was a long time a go but its not like that now__

__**Government**__ The Roman Forum
 * __The earliest forms of government in the Roman Republic were called consuls. Consuls consisted of two men who would control the army, make the laws, and decide how much taxes were to be collected. The two men would have to agree for any law to take effect; if they disagreed on an issue then the law could not be enforced. Women were not permitted to be consuls.__**
 * __The consuls would get advice from the Senate, which was made up of men from wealthy families in Rome. ([]) The consuls would usually do what the Senate advised.__**
 * __People who were less wealthy had a voice in government because of the tribunes, who were elected by the Assembly, and who could veto anything the Senate voted for that affected the poor. These were all men as well. The Assembly was made up of grown-up men who voted on big issues such as whether to go to war; however, the Assembly was usually set up so that richer people got more votes than poorer people.__**
 * __When the Romans began conquering other places, the generals began to have most of the power within the government. They were in control of the army, so it became easier for them to ignore the wishes of the Senate, the consuls, and the Assembly. It is reported that this became common around the time of Julius Caesar (around 50 B.C.). Augustus was a famous general who decided in around 31 B.C. to keep the consuls and the Senate, but he gave himself the power to veto any decision made by the Senate that he didn't like, so really the generals (who later became the Emperors) had most of the true power in Rome.__**

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