what was rome like in A.D. 60?

Answer 1

Well, let's see.

Nero was the emperor, and the Christians were just a very small group.

The daily round usually consisted of seeing one's clients in the morning, attending the baths, possibly taking in a gladitorial show, and a dinner party in the evening. Everyone cadged for invitations to dinner--it was a sorry man who had to stay home simply because there was no other place for him to dine.

That was for the upper class.

For the common folk (like most of us are today), it was pretty much conducting one's business during the day and getting the evening mneal from a cook shop (the Roman tenements didn't have kitchens because of the danger of fire). The dietary staples were olive oil, bread, vegetables and fruit, occasionally fish or meat, and cheese.

The morals of the upper class were not by any stretch in accordance with the tradtional Roman virtues--divorce was so common that one writer observed that many patrician women counted time not by who was consul in a given year, but rather by which man she'd been married to at the point in question. In general, you could find whatever vice you wanted in Rome, no matter how depraved.

In short, there were all the problems we face today, and some that were completely unique tot he time and place.

Answer 2

circa 60 a.d., Rome was under the rule of Nero, who was semi-psychotic. Likewise, there would have been social and civil unrest, as well as barbarian infringement upon the borders. Rome however still was the preeminent power in the western world.