Get Free Access for 10 Days!
Handout

V Roma Project: Social Class and Public Display

Curated by ACT

This resource describes the evolution of Roman social classes from the Republic to the Empire as well as how these classes would distinguish themselves in public. It describes the system of patronage seen in Roman society. It also details the "imagines", or wax portrait masks, that were created of the upper classes upon their death. This page was created by Barbara F. McManus of the College of New Rochelle.

3 Views 4 Downloads
Concepts
roman culture, roman history
Show More Show Less
Additional Tags
ancient roman life, roman daily life, roman laws, roman patrons, roman politics, roman social classes, vroma project: social class and public display, life in ancient rome, slavery in rome, socio-economic classes of rome, daily life in ancient rome
Show More Show Less
Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information