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Julius Caesar And His Family House

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Julius Caesar was born in 100 B.C. he was born and raised in the Subura neighborhood of Rome. It was a lower class neighborhood in a small valley, he continued too lived in his family house for over thrity years. He was named after his father Julius Caesar, his father was very absent in his life. Back then Roman men were active in politics and military which was in high demand back then. Caesar grew up in a small home that was surrounded and squeezed between butcher shops and taverns. The houses were faded inward so you would only see the wooden door facing out into the street. The small shops were usually on the lower level of the home which were street level and was unconnected to the rest of the home. His mother Aurelia was his primary influence in his life, she oversaw his upbringing and education with additional responsibilities such as managing household affairs, supervising slaves, and handling squabbles with neighbors. Caesar and his sister were taught by private tutors at home. The less fortunate Roman boys and girls would be taught by a school, paper was not reach to the west for centuries and papyrus from Egypt was too expensive. Therefore each child would carry a small rectangular piece of wood in the center there would be wax which would be there writing center. Caesar had memorized huge amounts of literature including the Twelve Tables laying out the basis of Roman law. Around Caesar sixteenth birthday he had dedicated his childhood toys to the

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