HIST 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Gladiator

• School: Lafayette College
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 105
• Professor: Professor Lena Suk

Document Summary

Han empire=social hierarchy-filial piety based on respect of leader and subject, and this produces a harmonious society. Patron= people who were high class and larger, superior and most likely educated. The client is inferior to the superior who is mostly poor, could ask for money, crops, exchange of goods. Usually the patron would offer food to the client. Also to social status and society in general. Roman empire=paterfamilias= father who is superior in the family, dictator. The roman empire were devoted to mars (march) in the roman army during the spring. Only citizens could join the army and where well paid and as they vacated the land and the rich ppl buy the land and relied more on slave labor. The roman slaves = war captives, who conquered people, slave population from successful military conquests, kidnapping/abandonment, selling one children, one third of the pop were slaves even though for a long time slavery= not acceptable.