Medievil Europe

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The Romans started and ended an excellent Civilization with many new ways to live. The invented excellent ways to entertain yourself and others like, gladiator fights, chariot races and many more. They also came up with new sorts of food and many different types of garments. They also designed and build excellent monuments that are still standing today like the Colosseum and the Markets of Trajan.

Clothing

The Romans were very clever at solving problems of all sorts not only to apply its self to engraining and architecture, but also the making of clothes. Firstly the clothes were only very simply and the only material they had was wool although some linen was available. Roman men usually only wore two types of garments the tunica and the toga. Roman women also wore the tunica in the same way as the men did. The colour of the clothing was various colours depending on social status and wealth. Fashion of the various times also indicated how much make-up, jewelry and perfume would be worn. There were two types of main shoes the calceus was an indoor shoe like sandal and the soleae was an outdoor shoe that was completely enclosed around the foot.                                                              

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Food

The expression ‘you are what you eat’ could not have been truer in Ancient Rome. Plebeians sustains themselves on cereals and bread while the more wealthy dined on more oils, corn, wine and a lot more exotic foods. They enjoyed luxurious three course meals at dinner. Seafood was very popular and meats especially pork was in high demand. A variety of cakes, pastries and tarts were commonly made at home. A variety of fruits vegetables and nuts were available for consumers. There was also a strong variety of hot sauces, spices and herbs. Food was often prepared with ...

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