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Roman City Life

The Culture section of this component allows you to study a variety of aspects of Roman society, including Roman housing, education, entertainment, and citizenship. Such topics give a window into people in the Roman world lived their lives on a daily basis, and how their society was ordered.

The Literature section of this component allows you to read from four authors who offer their own insight into life in the Roman world: Horace, Juvenal, Petronius, and Pliny.


OCR Prescribed Literary Sources

Read the Classical Civilisation Prescribed Literary Sources for this Literature and Culture component here:

Roman City Life: PDF / Word


Corrections to the print edition

  • p.275 - para 3: inconsistent height given for walls - first reference (to 57m) incorrect and deleted