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CULTURE, URBANISM AND ART
ROMAN
TOWNS
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URBANISM
The Roman Empire was an
urban empire.
• Towns were political,
administrative, economic
and cultural centers
• What important political
or cultural events took
place in towns?
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ROMAN TOWNS
Newly-created towns followed a similar plan:
• Square/rectangular shape
• Surrounded by walls
• Two central roads:
• Cardum – North/South
• Decumanus – East/West
• Central square, forum
• Streets forming a grid
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PARTS OF THE
ROMAN TOWN
1. Forum
2. Baths
3. Amphitheatre
4. Basilica
5. Christian
Church
6. Temple
7. Town House
8. North Gate
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FORUM
• The forum was like a town square.
• Important government buildings like law courts and offices
were built around it and markets were sometimes set up inside
it.
• It was often the center of the city where people met and did
business.
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AMPHITHEATRE
• The amphitheatre was where shows were put on. some of
these seem cruel to us today.
• People could watch wild animals fighting each other or
attacking people.
• There were also gladiator fights where two men would fight
each other until one of them was dead.
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TEMPLES
• The temple was where the Romans went to worship their gods
the Romans believed in many different gods.
• When they took over a new land they often took over the gods
worshipped there as well.
• Some emperors were worshipped as gods after they died.
Later, Christianity spread through the Roman Empire and
became the official religion in 380 A.D.
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REVIEW
1. What is the forum?
2. What is the cardum and the decumanus?
3. What events took place in the amphitheatre?
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LABEL THE PARTS OF
THE ROMAN TOWN
Temples, amphitheatre,
forum, cardum,
decumanus, city walls,
etc.