Occupations

Question 1

Potter

Answer 1

(10)
Designed and made crockery.
Cast pots on wheels.
Baked them in kilns over wood fires.

Question 2

Shopkeeper

Answer 2

(11)
Poorer people/ slaves would assist people in shops.
Would rent their shop from a wealthy domus-owner or a space in the forum.

Question 3

Fullers

Answer 3

(12)
Wash, dye and make clothes.
To wash clothes, they are trampled in water and soda or urine.

Question 4

Carpenter

Answer 4

(9)
Made furniture/ worked in the building trade.
Used many similar tools to Carpenters today.

Question 5

Baker

Answer 5

(8)
Sold produce to the public over a counter.
Used wood burning ovens.
Used mill stones made from porous lava stone.

Question 6

Butcher

Answer 6

(7)
Meat was sold at a market called the forum boarium.
From there it was sold to the public.

Question 7

Craftsman

Answer 7

(6)
Worked in workshops at the back of houses.
Sold their products in the shops at the front.
Others sold their goods at wholesale markets.

Question 8

Metalworker

Answer 8

(5)
Tools, weapons and household goods- bronze, iron and copper.
Brooches, rings and ornaments- gold, silver and jewels.

Question 9

Slave Dealer

Answer 9

(4)
Slaves were sold at auction.
Slaves stood on a platform with signs.

Question 10

Architect

Answer 10

(3)
Could be hired by the state or by wealthy individuals to design monuments etc.
Then slaves would be hired to build the design.

Question 11

Banker

Answer 11

(2)
Lent money to merchants and traders.
If their clients couldn’t pay their debts, their property would be confiscated.

Question 12

Doctor

Answer 12

(1)
Well educated.
Rich Romans had personal physicians that would visit them at home.
Everyone else visited doctors at hospitals or offices at no charge.

Question 13

Libarii

Answer 13

Street Pedlars

Question 14

Occupations of the Rich

Answer 14

The rich did not respect physical work.
As well as a day job, they would also be involved in politics.
It was fashionable to be pale because it proved you didn’t have to work outside for a living.

Question 15

Occupations of the Middle Classes

Answer 15

The middle class held most of the more respectable jobs, including bakers and silversmiths.

Question 16

Occupations of the Poor

Answer 16

The poor earned their livings from unskilled, poorly paid work.
Often did many of the same jobs as slaves.
Often worked from dawn until lunchtime.
There was a maximum of 8 working hours a day.

Question 17

Occupations of slaves

Answer 17

Did many of the same jobs as poor freedmen.
In the country: worked as farm labourers, miners, shepherds.
In the cities: cooks, gardeners, labourers, musicians, secretaries etc.
Slaves were mostly well cared for, as it was senseless for masters to damage what was essentially their property.