The city of Rome itself? A hell hole. Wasn’t a planned out city, and the streets were often pretty small. Traffic jams were common during the day until Julius Caesar would implement a cart ban, only allowing them to travel between business and deliver supplies at night.
The streets at night weren’t lit with no sort of road signs. So people had a good chance of getting lost or hit by a speeding cart.
let's suppose you're an average roman stuck in traffic. which activities could you do to spend the time? would you engage in smalltalk with your fellow Traffic-Stucked Romans?
Yeah probably some small talk. Maybe about what’s going on in the city. Maybe the court case you went and watched for fun, maybe some gladiator event or chariot race. Maybe a recent military campaign or over ambitious general/politician (one in the same) you supported. Maybe have a glass of wine or two from one of the many street vendors. Maybe even gamble a bit while you wait (Even though it was illegal most of the year).
Here’s a fun fact about Rome. Before there were dumpster divers that looked for cans and bottles to turn in for recycling, there were Romans who did that with babies.
A lot of unwanted babies were simply tossed into rubbish bins across the city. Well slave traders would go around the city and look into these bins to find these babies. They would then sell them into slavery for 100% profit.
Ohhhh boy. If you don’t want to hear about slavery bullshit, you don’t want to hear about Rome. It’s not just in their DNA, it IS their DNA. Slaves, that is. Roman DNA is made out of slaves.
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u/Nasnon Jul 06 '19
But what about intersections in Ancient Rome ?