Articles (Society)

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Ancient Roman society was a complex structure based on legal status, ancestry, wealth, and social roles. In this category, you’ll find articles on Roman daily life, social divisions, relationships between citizens, slaves, and freedmen, as well as the role of family, women, and children in the Roman Empire. These articles reveal how Roman society functioned on a daily basis and how it changed over the centuries.

Tax collectors: slaves of their own offices

In the Roman state, local administration was based on the so-called curiae (equivalent to modern city councils), assemblies made up of the wealthiest inhabitants in a given administrative area, known as curiales. Interestingly, a council…Więcej

Latrine as center of social life in ancient Rome

Rome – Roma Aeterna and caput mundi – The Eternal City and the “head of the world”. Who among us hasn’t heard of the capital of Italy? The city from which the ancient empire once…Więcej

Comparing ancient Mithiran magic to modern medicine

Magic is always known to be at odds with science. One believes in the truth, while the other bends it. However sometimes, magic and science find themselves on the same side. Years ago, certain Roman,…Więcej

Pets of ancient Romans

Almost everyone likes animals. Most of us probably once had or currently have a pet. In this matter, we are almost no different from the ancient Romans, who also had their animal friends, not only…Więcej

Public libraries in Roman world

The word “libraries” (Gr. βιβλιοθήκη, derived from the Greek words βιβλίον and θήκη, successively translated as book and reservoir) functions in Polish as a name for a large collection of books, both private, being the…Więcej

First-hand information about business travel

Today, business travel is standard all over the world. A multitude of means of transport, a wide range of accommodations and other facilities, such as telecommunications, make travelling for business purposes quick, comfortable and safe.…Więcej

Rome – country with two languages

Ancient Rome was a multicultural state, which owed its relative prosperity to the skilful balancing between the strength of the Roman army in the occupied territories and openness to local culture and non-interference in the…Więcej

Advertising in ancient Rome

In the modern world, advertising accompanies us at every step. It may concern all manifestations of human activity: trade, politics, art, etc. The desire to promote one’s own products or a person seems to be…Więcej

Manus and marriage

As is well known, women in ancient Rome had very limited rights, but their social position was much stronger than that of Greek women. Despite this, she still remained completely dependent on men – first…Więcej

Gardens and gardening in ancient Rome

Development of Roman gardens (horti) was greatly influenced by Greek culture. The impact of the Greek style was first due to the gardens of Magna Graecia and Sicily. Then the East began to play a…Więcej

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