Pictures on ancient Rome's social classes?

Question

I tried to search for some picutres on ancient Rome's social classes, but there was only a few. Does anyone know any links that have pictures that represent the social classes?

Answer 1

http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/clothing.html

ROMAN CLOTHING citizen, matron, curule magistrate, emperor, general, workman, slave

I. Clothing and Status: Ancient Rome was very much a “face-to-face” society (actually more of an “in-your-face” society), and public display and recognition of status were an essential part of having status. Much of Roman clothing was designed to reveal the social status of its wearer, particularly for freeborn men.


Also search Yahoo images for Roman clothing

You will find many examples but the article and link detail your question.

Answer 2

There is a really interesting history magazine that deals with sparta and it takes the example of a single boy and how he gets built into this soldier. There is also a large section about how the slaves in sparta lived, so i think it could be useful for your thing. Try searching up GeoEpoche Antikes Griechenland. It's in german, but you should be able to get it fairly accurate if you either use document translator by google or you just let google translate the site directly :) hope that helped :) Actually I just checked and it does exactly what you are looking for, it describes the lives of people of all classes, so how they would have lived back then :)

Answer 3

Roman dress changed as the empire developed, but there are some basic styles that could identify the different classes. Take a look at some of these:

http://www.sbceo.k12.ca.us/~vms/carlton/Rome_Reading_1.html

You should also search Yahoo! Images with the terms "roman slave" "roman patrician" "roman soldier" etc. I pulled up lots of pictures that way, and one of those might lead to one site that identifies the lot.

Answer 4

There are many representations of class in Roman artifacts. Try modifying your search parametres to include clay pottery, vases, coins and similar items. Many scenes of Roman life are depicted in the artwork.