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Ancient Rome's environment affected their way of life by their warm climate (farming/ grapes and olives), Tiber river (trade), and Salt flats near Rome (salt was valuable back then)

Ancient Rome grew Grain, olives and grapes.

Ancient Rome played handball, soccer, field hockey, catch games, perhaps even dodge ball, and slave fighting.

Ancient Rome's Music was played in the background. Ancient Rome hasnt been creative or original w/ music.

The Romans had a festival called Lupercalia that honored Venus the Goddess of Love. the Romans celebrated the beginning of summer on May 1st or May day. The Romans celebrated the middle of winter. They saw this as the beginning of a new cycle of growth.

Social class in ancient Rome was hierarchical, but there were multiple and overlapping social hierarchies .Plebeians were the farmers, craftsmen, laborers, and soldiers of Rome. In the early stages of Rome, the plebeians had few rights. All of the government and religious positions were held by patricians.

Ancient Rome was an agrarian and slave based economy whose main concern was feeding the vast number of citizens and legionaries who populated the Mediterranean region.

Roman society was extremely rigid