2. • The civilization of ancient Rome existed between
700 BC and 400 AD. It took up a huge amount of
land across Europe. It is important to study
because it was so powerful. It is interesting to
learn about the structure of society, religion,
healthcare and clothing thousands of years ago.
3. Religion
• In ancient times, the Romans prayed to the gods for
help. They had lots of important gods so they sculpted
each one so they could talk to them when they prayed.
People prayed in temples or churches filled with
beautiful treasures and altars. The Romans also believe
in spirits but they were not as important as the main
gods. Also, the Romans believed the gods wore togas
like humans and some of them could turn into animals.
Each god had one power of their own like Zeus: god of
lightning and thunder, Hera: god of child birth, Hermes:
god of messengers, and Athena: god of war. When
people passed away they believed that they went to the
River Styx then the gods decided if a person went to an
underworld like hell or to heaven. Therefore, religion was
an important part of people’s lives.
4. Illness & Healthcare
• In Roman time lots of people had illnesses that were
unhealthy. They had medicine like herbs and wine to
make the pain go away. In the Roman wartimes, lots of
people died, got hurt or fainted. Sometimes the Romans
cut people’s legs off and they still survived but often
people died because of illnesses or medicines that
poisoned people. The Roman army gave doctors
training and sometimes people watched to learn how to
be a doctor and get money from poor people. Therefore
it was important that people in Roman times learned
ways of saving lives from sicknesses.
5. Clothing
• In Romans times, people wore lots of different types
of clothing. Mostly, men wore togas and women
wore tunics. People said that if you wore the same
type of clothes every day they would go to heaven
and that was important for them. Gladiators in
Rome wore armor helmets and metal shoes. Apart
from that they just wore loin clothes. So you can see
that there was a variety of clothes worn in Ancient
Rome.
6. Structure of Society
• In ancient Rome, there were many rules and laws
in society. Men did all the shopping and women
stayed home looking after their families. Men
could only could sit in front of the arena, although
women also liked to see the gladiators fight and
die. However, if women broke the laws they could
be torched or sent to prison. Also, people had
different lives depending on how rich they were.
Wealthy people had nice and cozy houses to live
in, while poor people led harder lives in the
country.
7. This report has described ancient Roman history.
You have read about the religion, clothing,
sicknesses and structure of society. Now you know
all about ancient Rome!
8. References
• Author Date Title
• Simon James 1990 Ancient Rome
• Jane Bingham 2008 Roman Villa
• Phil Roxbee Cox 1993 Who were the Romans?
• Jane Bingham 2008 Roman Amphitheater
• Amanda O'Neill 9992 Ancient Times
• Online sources
• Date accessed Website
• 11.10.11 www.romanhistory.com
• 19.10.11 hppt//www.brainpopjr.com
• 19.10.11 mrdowling.com
