Daily Life

To try to see what our daily lives are like, here's a little explenation. We did lots of stuff that had to do with worshipping the gods. Just about everything that we did was to please them. If we made the gods happy, then they would bless us in all of our activities. Our society is very patriarchal so our father figures in the family are extremely important to us.

Religion

Our religious views are based on worshipping many gods and goddesses. Each god(dess) had control over one thing in this world of theirs and if we wanted said something to go well, we worshipped them a little more and tried to make them as happy as possible. Some of our main gods are Saturn (king of the gods, replaced by his son Jupiter. God of seed-sowing which is one of our favorite festivals), Jupiter (god of the sky and our most important god), Juno (Jupiter's wife, goddess of women), Neptune (Jupiter's brother and god of the sea), Minerva (goddess of wisdom and women's work like weaving cloth), Mars (started out as the god of farming but transformed into the god of war), Venus (goddess of love, lover of Mars). All of our worship was done in Latin as that is our native language.

Celebrities

Although they may not be very well known in your sense of celebrities, we actually have some very famous, very influential people here in Rome. One of these people is Gaius Marius who completely revolutionized our army and made it the most efficient (and most successful) army in the world! He offers the people in the countryside a chance to sign up and fight in our army and in return, they can gain citizenship. Not only does he provide services to recruits, he rewards the veterans with wealth and land as a way of saying thanks to those who fought in our battles and helped us win. Another celebrity is Julius Ceaser, he is the most famous Roman to ever live! He conquered Gual using one of the best military tactics ever (he came up with it of course!). Our last celebrity that I'd like to mention is Spartacus. He is a mighty gladiator that is known to all Romans across the empire.

Government

If you'd like to know a little bit about what the government is like prior to going there so you don't have any surprises when you get there, it's currently a sort of monarchy that is ruled by Emperors. Previously, we had quite a bit of power struggle befor our ruler Octavion succeeded and took the throne in 27 B.C. creating a much more stable and peaceful society throughout our great empire.

Sources

http://www.rome.info/sights/
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_climate_in_ancient_rome
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/romans/city_of_rome/
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http://www.roman-empire.net/children/famous.html
http://www.aworldofmyths.com/media/Greek_Gods/Zeus/Zeus_4.jpg

What Is There to Do?

If you're worried about not having enough to do, fear no more! If you'd like to see great squares (or Piazze), there is no shortage of them. There is the Piazza del Campidoglio, the Piazza Zenezia, the Piazza Navona, the Piazza de Spagna, and of course St. Peter's Square.

If you'd rather go to a basilica or church, there are plenty of them too. The three most famous are the St. Peter's Basilica, St. John in Lateran, and the most ancient church in the world, the Santa Maria Maggiore.

Climate

If you're worried about what the climate will be like, it's very similar to the rest of the Mediterranian. It's rather hot in the summer, the winters aren't very harsh, and there's a moderate amount of rainfall. It's great weather for traveling and sight seeing year-round!

A Map of Ancient Rome!

If you're looking for a good place to take your family on a vacation, anywhere in the Roman Empire is a good place. I personally recommend going to Rome, located in Italy (visible on the map).