Q1: If you had lived in the Roman Empire, where would you rather have lived – in the towns or in the countryside? Explain why.
Ans: If I had a choice, I would have preferred to live in a town of the Roman Empire. My decision would have been influenced by the several amenities that the town life had to offer. The facilities offered by the urban centres allowed its citizens to lead a much more peaceful and comfortable life compared to those offered by the villages (countryside).
Some important aspects or amenities provided by the towns have been discussed below:
Q2: Compile a list of some of the towns, cities, rivers, seas and provinces mentioned in this chapter, and then try and find them on the maps. Can you say something about any three of the items in the list you have compiled?
Ans: Some of the towns, cities, rivers, seas and provinces mentioned in this chapter have been tabulated below:
Let’s now discuss three items from the table provided above:
Q3: Imagine that you are a Roman housewife preparing a shopping list for household requirements. What would be on the list?
Ans: If I was a Roman housewife, then I would prepare a list of the following items:
Q4: Why do you think the Roman government stopped coining in silver? And which metal did it begin to use for the production of coinage?
Ans: The Roman silver coins or dinars were made of silver and were imported from Spain. Thus, it can be inferred that the purity and quantity of silver coins being minted in Rome depended on the amount of silver brought in from Spain. This relation of demand and supply was hit hard once the silver mines of Spain started getting exhausted. This made the import of silver expensive for the Romans. To deal with the situation, the Romans had to stop the production of silver coins. Instead of silver, the Romans used gold for the production of coins. The gold coin or the aureus had a fixed value of 25 denarii.
Q5: Suppose the emperor Trajan had actually managed to conquer India and the Romans had held on to the country for several centuries. In what ways do you think India might be different today?
Ans:Trajan is regarded as one of the most efficient rulers of the Roman world. He was a great warrior and an exceptional civilian administrator. However, just like all great personalities, several initiatives taken by him were criticised. If India would have been under the rule of Trajan, the country would have gained in some aspects but might also have compromised on some aspects such as secularism.
Let us now discuss these aspects in the following points:
Q6: Go through the chapter carefully and pick out some basic features of Roman society and economy which you think make it look quite modern.
Ans: According to me, some basic features of the Roman society that make it look quite modern are:
Some basic features of the Roman economy that make it look quite modern are:
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