Social Sciences and History / Unit 5 SSH 0422 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Living in the Roman Empire
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The idea
The paterfamilias held authority over the household; patrons fed clients; slavery drew on war captives, and manumission made freed people a class. Publicani collected taxes; Egypt fed Rome. The imperial cult, Mithras and Isis coexisted; Christians were persecuted in the third century.
In practice
Citizenship extended to all residents in two twelve.
Where people slip
The Jewish wars ended with the Second Temple destroyed.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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