Daily Life In Ancient Rome
Daily Life in Ancient Rome by Florence Dupont reviews all aspects of what life was like for Romans in ancient times. Florence Dupont is Professor of Latin at University of Nice. This book starts of with a section on “The City and its People.” Its subsections are titled “Naming and Honor”, “Wealth and Poverty” and, “Slaves and Freedom.” In this first subsection, “Naming and Honor”, the great census was noted on. This census occurred every 5 years and all male Romans registered his family, wife, children, slaves, and riches, if not, he would be sold into slavery. This section also discusses how one in ancient Rome becomes famous or well known, by joining the army or by becoming a client to a more famous person than you such as a senate member. A client supports his patron by voting for him, going to court with him, and following him in public occasions. In return, the patron will bring him up in the social ladder. “Wealth and Poverty” largely deals with the fact that being poor does not necessarily mean you have a bad life. There was opulent poverty, an example would be someone who was born noble, lost his or her money but still was in the sena! te, and there was virtuous poverty, which is how many men in the army liv
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Approximate Word count = 1027
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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