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Were the Romans civilized?

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The word “civilised” comes from the Latin to live in cities - most Roman citizens actually lived in rural areas (as farmers and so on), but every citizen was technically the citizen of a city. read more

But since the Romans lived in cities, had complex societies with various strata, many tiny rituals and mores to navigate city life and know the ‘quality’ of the people within it, and felt themselves superior to other people, then they were definitively civilized. read more

The Romans are normally seen as being quite civilised, however there are aspects of their life that we, as modern day people, would consider very uncivilised. Such as Gladiators, slavery and forms of beauty and some civilised aspects may be fashion, food and entertainment. read more

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