Egyptians Style Of Life

 

 

 

                  Romans Style Of Life

                  Roman Style Of Life  

 

          One of the first things the Romans did was to involve the conquered tribes in the administration of the province.  Romans encouraged the growth of towns. They saw urban life as the epitome of sophisticated civilization.  Every town had pubic baths. They were open to both sexes, though at different times of day, and served as a combination health club, healing spa, and meeting place.

 

          Roman encouraged the growth of towns near their army bases, and established special towns as settlement for retired soldiers. They encouraged the ruling class of Celtic aristocrats to build town dwellings, and they made the towns Centres of vibrant commercial activity. The baths were a Roman institution, and most town dwellers would have attended daily before their evening meal. The Romans built towns in lowland areas, such as at fords across rivers, in contrast to the earlier Neolithic and Iron Age practice of sticking to the slopes and higher ground above the valleys. Town boundaries, unlike military forts, were not laid out in rigid rectangles or squares, but they did contain a regular grid-like network of streets.

 

                  Egyptian Style of Life

Peasant girls usually married around the age 12, the boys were a few years older than the girls. Girls of more affluent families married a few years older. Parents of the children arranged the marriages although some young people chose their own spouse. While the ordinary man normally had one wife, the kings always had several. Before the marriage ceremony, the couple signed an agreement. Divorce was an option, although it was not common. If a husband treated his wife badly, she would go to her family for help. The wife's family would try to persuade her spouse to change his behavior. If his behavior did not improve the divorce took place.

 

      Everyone in Egypt wore some type of jewelry. Rings and amulets were especially worn to ward off the evil spirits and injury. Both men and women wore pierced earrings, armlets, bracelets, and anklets. The rich wore jeweled or beaded collars, called a wesekh, necklaces, and pendants. For the rich, jewelry was made of gold, silver, or electrum gold mixed with silver) and inlaid with semi-precious stones of turquoise, lapis lazuli (a deep blue stone), and carnelian (a copper or reddish orange stone).

     

      Egyptian clothing styles did not change much throughout ancient times. Clothes were usually made of linens ranging from coarse to fine texture. During the Old and Middle kingdoms, men usually wore a short skirt called a kilt. Women wore a straight fitting dress held up by straps. The wealthy men wore pleated kilts, and the older men wore a longer kilt. When doing hard work, men wore a loin cloth, and women wore a short skirt.

Children usually ran around nude during the summer months, while in the winter, wraps and cloaks were worn. Noblewomen sometimes wore beaded dresses.

 

                               Questions

1.How are the Romans and Egyptians alike and different?

2.Would you ever want to live like one of them?

3.Would you like to do a project on this theme?

 

 

 

 

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