How did ancient roman patricians greet their guests for lunch?
can you also tell me about what there typical day would be like for men and women?
help me ASAP please
site your sources if possible
THANKS:D
2007-11-22 20:48:48 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Most patricians had, beside their house at Rome, a family farm in the country and a number of villas in pleasant spots of Latium in central Italy or in the south. Town and country houses alike were beautifully built and designed for their owner's comfort.
In Rome a successful patrician spent his days somewhat as follows. He rose at daybreak and spent an hour or two in the atrium, interviewing people who had come to him for help. In the late Republic and in the Empire these people where mostly his freed slaves and their children. The patrician felt it his duty to help out in any way he could and to plea for them in the law courts if necessary.
After a light breakfast the patrician went down to the Forum, acompanied by all the friends and clients he could assemble. The day was spent pleading in the law courts or sitting in the Senate. In the evening he ate the chief meal of the day and invited guests to it. The men reclined around the tables on couches as they ate, but the patricians wife only took her meals with him if he was alone.
2007-11-23 01:27:04 · answer #1 · answered by mystic_chez 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd recommend that you go to the library and try to find a copy of Jerome Carcopino's book Daily Life in Ancient Rome. It gives you a play-by-play of what people did in the course of an ordinary day.
2007-11-23 04:42:54 · answer #2 · answered by Chrispy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-05 12:19:42 · answer #3 · answered by sykes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋