STAGE 1 CULTURE- ROMAN MEN AND WOMEN- THE ROMAN HOUSE

ROMAN NAMES

• Men- Praenomen - Nomen- Cognomen

ex. Gaius Julius Caesar

3 names = citizen!

• Women- Named after father- minor or secunda

to indicate placement

Ex. Julia (daughter of Julius)

FAMILY ROLES

Men•Providing financially•Discipline slaves•Honor gods

Women•Managing house and slaves•Educate and raise children•Weave clothes

RIGHTS OF ROMAN CITIZENS

Men Only•Vote•Run for office•Be in army

Paterfamilias•Control family•Life and death

Freedmen•Could not run for office or be official in army

Women and Slaves•Limited property rights•Can’t appear in court•No political rights

Slaves Only•Could not marry

WOMEN

Greek- no rights at all- no property-no inheritance- can’t leave w/o permission- can’t speak to neighbor w/o permission- Stays in separate part of house-Eat separately

Roman-Could own property-Run business-Can leave house-Can inherit-Cannot vote, run for office, be in army

CASA ROMANA

• hortus

• peristylum

• tablinum

• atrium

• taberna

CASA ROMANA

• triclinium

• culina

• cubiculum

• via

fauces

TABERNA

FAUCES

ATRIUM

Site of all major family events:-Coming of age-Marriage-funerals

Family portraits displayed here

DEATH MASKS

COMPLUVIUM VS IMPLUVIUM

LARARIUM

CUBICULUM

TABLINUM

TRICLINIUM

CULINA

HORTUS AND PERISTYLIUM

LATRINA

• Caecilius’ house

• Floor Plan

THE IANUA TO CAECILIUS’ HOUSE

• Caecilius’ House

• The atrium

• The impluvium

• Floor mosaic

CAECILIUS’ TABLINUM

He who loves should live; he who knows not how to love should die; and he who obstructs love should die twice