The Social Customs of the Romans

The term “social customs” includes the customs and habits of people in every phase of life in which they are associated with each other. There are certain customs which are peculiar to all the people, but no more interesting customs can be studied among all the people and pleasure-loving noble and sincere Romans.

In order better to understand the social customs of the Romans, we must remember that the inhabitants of the city-state of Rome fall into three social classes which were the patricians, plebeians, and the clients. A patrician was the son of a noble father, of a…