Society & Life – The Roman Empire https://roman-empire.net The Complete Illustrated History Mon, 27 Nov 2023 20:06:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.3 https://e26sqqumju3.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/roman-empire-favicon.png?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=32%2C32&ssl=1 Society & Life – The Roman Empire https://roman-empire.net 32 32 Unveiling the Mystery: Decoding 500 in Roman Numerals https://roman-empire.net/society/math/roman-numerals/500-in-roman-numerals/ https://roman-empire.net/society/math/roman-numerals/500-in-roman-numerals/#respond Tue, 14 Nov 2023 02:39:55 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=6698 Roman numerals, an ancient numeral system dating back to the Roman Empire, continue to captivate and perplex people today. In a world dominated by Arabic numerals, why do we still ...

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Comprehensive Guide to Roman Numerals – Chart, Facts, Examples & Conversion Rules https://roman-empire.net/society/math/roman-numerals/ https://roman-empire.net/society/math/roman-numerals/#respond Sat, 16 Sep 2023 17:09:36 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=5874 Have you ever wondered about the fascinating world of Roman numerals? These ancient numerical notations that originated in Rome can still be found in various modern contexts. In this blog ...

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The Top Roman Achievements https://roman-empire.net/society/roman-achievements/ Mon, 20 Dec 2021 21:42:46 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=5451 The Empire Naturally one of the most obvious roman achievements of the Romans was their vast empire, which spread over three continents. It lasted for a long, long time. From ...

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The Most Impressive Roman Buildings of the Ancient Empire https://roman-empire.net/society/roman-buildings/ Mon, 20 Dec 2021 21:41:40 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=5452 There are quite a few impressive Roman buildings still standing today. Perhaps more than any other civilization the Romans are famed for their incredible architecture. There appeared almost no limit ...

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The Evils of the Roman Empire https://roman-empire.net/society/evils/ Mon, 20 Dec 2021 21:24:44 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=5447 Rome has a glittering history. Its empire lasted for a thousand years, its great emperors are famous still today. But Rome had a bad side to it. If we could ...

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Roman Libraries https://roman-empire.net/society/libraries/ Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:46:58 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=5440 by Javier Rodriguez The intellectual prestige of the Greek world was consolidated through the Hellenistic libraries, mainly the library of Alexandria and the one of Pergamum. The first became the greatest ...

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Election To The Offices Of The Magistrates, The Entry To The Senate https://roman-empire.net/society/election-magistrates-to-senate/ Mon, 20 Dec 2021 18:39:25 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=5426 by ‘Q. Aurelius Symmachus’ This treatment of the offices of the magistrates as the entry path to the Senate will deal with that period of time, The Republic, when the ...

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The Standards of Care & the Lex Aquilia Roman Laws https://roman-empire.net/society/lex-aquilia-laws/ Mon, 20 Dec 2021 18:21:56 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=5413 by Andrew Mason In Ancient Rome the only acts recognized as criminal were “exceptional invasions of public security or of the general order of society.” As such, Roman ‘criminal law’ would ...

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The Roman House https://roman-empire.net/society/the-roman-house/ Fri, 17 Dec 2021 21:39:38 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=4903 Early Italian houses grouped around the atrium, with a small garden, the so-called hortus, at the back.The classic Roman house, however, was divided into two parts. The first part grouped ...

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Household Sex https://roman-empire.net/society/household-sex/ Fri, 17 Dec 2021 21:36:59 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=4902 In a Roman household sex was in plentiful supply. Except, so it seems, between the actual married couples. The existence of slaves in the house naturally mean that, particularly the ...

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Conjugal Love https://roman-empire.net/society/conjugal-love/ Fri, 17 Dec 2021 21:36:02 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=4901 Love was irrelevant to the success of a marriage in Roman eyes. Marriage was there in order to provide children. Loved was a welcome thing, but by no means necessary. ...

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Marriage https://roman-empire.net/society/marriage/ Fri, 17 Dec 2021 21:35:30 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=4889 The symbolic bed enthroned in the atrium or tablinum of the Roman house was a reminder that the house was also intended to accommodate a woman destined to become a ...

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The Roman Games https://roman-empire.net/society/roman-games/ Fri, 17 Dec 2021 21:11:08 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=4876 There were two kinds of roman games: ludi scaenici and ludi circenses. If at first the games of the early Roman republic had religious significance, then later the ‘secular’ games ...

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Roman Dress https://roman-empire.net/society/roman-dress/ Fri, 17 Dec 2021 19:44:01 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=4848 Roman clothing owed much to that of ancient Greece, but it had distinct forms of its own. In all the ancient world, first and foremost clothes needed to be simple. ...

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