ROMAN CIVILIZATION

ROMAN CIVILIZATION
The Colosseum

jueves, 28 de febrero de 2008

FAMILY STRUCTURE AND INTERACTION

The Rome mythology explains how Rome was founded. All the Rome history started with a hero Troyano Eans, he fled to Italy because he was escaping from other city.
Then he founded the Lavinium and Alba Longa cities. Subsequently his relatives Romulo and Remo founded Rome.


The roman family not only included a husband, wife and children, but also their slaves. This civilization was considered very strong because roman men were the authority of the house, they were always over the women. One important point is that they could decide about their babies’ life.
If they decided to raise them, their parents had to make a special ceremony to name their babies. They gave three different names to the baby; the first name was common, the second one referred to the clan and the last one referred to the family branch. In addition, on this day they received a gold or leather bulta (necklace).
Talking about other topic of Rome customs for poor and wealthy people; these customs were different to other towns, cultures, civilizations and even in the same Rome civilization; Good example is the poor and wealthy people. For example the funerals for poor people were always simple, but for wealthy people were always extraordinary, they made a procession through the streets of Rome.

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