Classical Studies 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Transvestism, Gladiator, Julia Domna
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And because of this it can excavated. Attacked by hannibal during the punic war, but stayed faithful to rome. Had an amphitheatre, at one event there were these hooligans that were meant to fight and it got out of control causing their theatre to temporarily get shut down. People would be densely packed in about 1km by 1. 5km area. After 20,000 people you need to get advanced sewage system, import water, more roads, more space etc. About 3 tiers of populations up to 20,000 100,000 1,000,000. The streets had odd humps in the middle, that were used so people didn"t have to walk on the street if it were dirty, or water running through. They had two because they were the only theatres within the region: one way rome would reward loyalty. Prostitutes would wear sandals that had inscribed follow me on the bottom so it would leave imprints in the sand as they walked.