City of Rome in the imperial era
City of Rome in the imperial era

Summary/Abstract: The paper is aiming to describe individual aspects of life in Rome of Caesars. The unique status of the metropolis of the Roman Empire was reflected in the privileges, but also in hardships of everyday life affecting the majority of inhabitants of Rome. Thanks to generosity of emperors and enormously rich individuals, average Romans were receiving free grain and had access to luxurious spas, to Coliseum – a place of bloody gladiatorial combats and to the largest horse racing track in the Empire. On the other side they must bear discomfort of living in high risers, without running water and canalization and suffer a constant noise of metropolis which never sleeps. In a concise manner the attention is given to the material and spiritual sphere, to the deep differences in the mode of life between rich and average Romans, with the aim to describe, at least episodically, an atmosphere of Rome in the Era of Caesars.

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