From the 4th century AD, the great landowner, the dominus, abandoned the urban centres and settled in the countryside. At the same time, many citizens moved to the villages in search of work and a system of colonato was created.
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The space for family sociability in Europe. The lararium, or Roman family altar, brought together the images of the Lares and the Penates, divinities who were the protectors of the household and were worshipped in the home. Its study brings us closer to an essential manifestation of the daily religious practice of the Romans, the religiosity developed inside the home.
In the Roman kitchen, a wide variety of vessels and utensils were used, made of clay, bronze or iron, whose design, in some cases, does not differ much from today’s. The Latin mortarium or mortar is one of the most characteristic vessels in the Roman kitchen as it is essential for culinary preparations. The Latin mortar or mortarium is one of the most characteristic vessels of the Roman kitchen as it is essential for culinary preparations.
Food in Ancient Rome. The space for family sociability in Europe (the triclinium and banquets).
Origin and development of inequality and social stratification (civil organisations related to the imperial cult). Belonging to a local youth association, this banner is unique in Hispania and exceptional in the Roman Empire. The collegia iuvenum had a civic-religious character associated with the imperial cult.
Origin and development of inequality and social stratification (law and concept of citizenship. Imperial power). One of the great legacies that Rome left to Western civilisation was Roman Law, a set of written legal rules, of a public and secular nature, which for centuries governed the political institutions and the public and private relations of the inhabitants of the Empire, regulating civic coexistence, as can be seen in the municipal laws of Osuna.
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On land communication routes in Roman times.
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