Thursday, July 8, 2010

ROMAN CIVILISATION (Jia hui & Grace)

Ancient Roman Civilisation was one of the largest empires in the ancient world. According to one legend, Roman was found on April 21, 753BC by twin brothers descended from the Trojan Prince Aeneas.
Family
The basic units of Roman society were households and families. In the upper classes, slaves and servants were also part of the household. The head of the household had great power .He could force marriage ,divorce, sell his children into slavery, claim his dependents' property as his own, and even had the right to punish or kill family members.(father)
Education
In the early Republic, there were no public schools, so boys were taught by their parents to read and write or by educated slaves called paedagogi. Being at age 12, students went to secondary schools, where teachers taught them about the Greek and Roman literature. Pupils went to school everyday except religious festivals and market days.
Military
The early Roman army was tactically limited and it stance during this period was essentially defensive.
Cuisine
The poor eat fish, salt, vegetables and olive oil. Usually,no breakfast was eaten and leftovers was eaten for lunch.

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