he bathing habits of the richer part of the Roman civilizations were very lavish. Roman men would bathe in wine and women sometimes in milk. The bath house was used to meet friends for a chat, to exchange gossip, exercise or just to clean yourself up.All over Rome, men practiced riding, fencing, wrestling, throwing, and swimming. In the country, men went hunting and fishing. At home, men played ball before dinner, which were games of throwing and catching. Ball-playing was popular among the Romans, and they often spent their morning exercises playing games on the fields or ball-courts. The Romans enjoyed a variety of ball games, including Handball, Trigon, Soccer, Field Hockey, Harpasta, Phaininda, Episkyros, and Catch and any other games that the children would invent. These events that took place back in ancient Rome played a major role in Roman society. The thing these events affect the most is the women. Back in the ancient Rome women were not able to do hardly anything. They were considered lower class. When they went to watch a gladiatorial event at the Colossium and a chariot race at the Circus Maximus they always had to sit in the higher levels with the lower class citizens. In the theaters women was not even able to act as females in the plays, they got men to dress up as women and play them for them. Women were also not able to participate in riding, fencing, wrestling, throwing, and swimming. Drinking wine was part of daily life. In the very early days, women were not even allowed to drink wine. Their husband might kiss them on the mouth to see if they had been drinking. If a husband believed that his wife was drinking she could have been severely beaten.Roman society was probably affected the most of any other thing at this time. It took a while before these cruel and barbaric events that took place to become outlawed. In closing Roman entertainment was cruel and barbaric, but yet filled with laughter and...
