ancient Rome is an example of an ancient or medieval civilization ancient Rome the period we're talking about is from 753 BC to 476 ad but you don't need to kind of worry yourself or stress yourself out too much trying to remember specific dates at its height the Roman Empire conquered most of Europe including Spain France and England when ancient Rome was at its greatest it ruled more than 45 5 million people Rich Romans were called patricians patricians lived in a domus in the city or a villa in the countryside patricians often had underfloor heating called the hypoc cost Rich Romans ate a dinner called a Cena or a Senna and they had some interesting Foods including crows dmise swans peacocks and Roses from the ages of 7 to 11 Patrician children went to elud us from the ages of 12 to 16 boys attended a grammar school ordinary people in ancient Rome so everybody who wasn't a patrician they were called plebians plebians lived in insulate which were kind of highrise wooden apartment blocks poor Romans were given a free grain called the doel and they used garam which was a fermented fish sauce to hide the taste of rotten food 200,000 people in Rome were given this Dole were given this free grain every month because inula were made from wood it was incredibly dangerous to light fires in the buildings um so a lot of plebians would have gotten their food from takeaways called thermop polia Romans wore a shirt like tunic called a Tunica men wore a toga over their tunicas and women wore a stola over their tunics children often wore for a lucky necklace called a bulla entertainment was an incredibly important part of life in ancient Rome all Romans went to the baths each day there were three temperatures in the baths the cauld rium which was the hot room the frigidarium which was the cold room and the tepidarium which was the warm room there was also an exercise course Chariot racing was the most popular sport and this took place in the circus Maximus glad Asia games were held in amphitheaters like the Coliseum Roman people believed in many different gods Mars was the god of war and Venus was the goddess of love the Romans built temples to worship these gods for example the pantheon emperor Constantine converted Rome to Christianity in 312 ad a third of Rome's population were slaves slaves were bought and sold at markets slaves were either captured in battle or Born Into Slavery the treatment of slaves varied depending on their owner owners had the power of life and death over their slaves some slaves were given their freedom in a ceremony called a manumission many slaves rebelled against the harsh treatment that they received for example sparus sparus went on to lead a great Rebellion against Rome but he was defeated and 6,000 of the people who joined him were captured and crucified as punishment ancient Rome has left a significant impact on our world today the Romans for example used underfloor Heating and many of us use underfloor heating in our homes today and this Roman system of underfloor heating was called a hypoc cost the Romans built a network of infrastructure all across Ross Europe so things like roads and aqueducts many of which are still in use or can be seen today the Romans introduced an early version of social welfare so that grain that Dole that um poor Romans were given emperor Constantine converted the Empire to Christianity and made Catholicism the state religion um and Rome is still home to the Catholic church today Roman numerals are still used today many European languages are based on Latin such as Italian French Spanish Portuguese