Hey there! I've answered a large number of questions on this subject, and I'll go ahead and provide those answers for you! Unfortunately, the question is just so broad that it's hard to answer it in just one way or another. So! Pick and choose from answers below, and if you have any questions on those specifically (or other questions that aren't there!) feel free to ask them :)

• Were "speeches" conducted & recorded by people like Cicero in Classical Rome & Greece only performed in front of governmental bodies or would common citizens have had access to them as well?

• Can anyone tell me about the tax system used during the Roman Empire?

• Are there examples of a democratic leader being given full powers during war or peace?

• How aware were average people in the ancient world aware of major civil wars? Such as the Peloponnesian War and the Pompey-Caesar conflict?

• Can you think of many historical heads of state who used their power for grand gestures of revenge just for past petty personal slights?

• Were Roman gladiators used as prostitutes for wealthy Roman women the way they are in Spartacus?

• When in human history did graffiti become popular?

• What happened to Sparta under the rule of Rome

• Did public sex scandals exist before the 20th century?

• What in your study of history makes you smile or laugh?

• What was the life of a slave in Ancient Rome like?

• Did ancient cultures have any knowledge of how to perform CPR?

• Some people say that some aspects of Ancient Roman technology are just as advanced as ours. Is this true, and if so, can someone explain exactly which ways they were as advanced as we are today.

• It's ancient Rome and I've just finished a long day. What's likely to be for dinner and how do i spend the evening?

• Were there any crises of "public morals" in Ancient Rome? If so, what? Explanation within...

• What was education and school like in ancient rome?

• How did old people look 2000 years ago?

• In it's heyday was Rome a multicultural city? Were pagan beliefs tolerated and could non-natives move and work in the city?

• How were black people treated by the Roman Empire?

• ....the Romans survived on a diet of around 70-80% bread, I am wondering if there was a lot of variety there? As well, if there are varieties of Roman recipes/cookbooks.

• Roman citizenship and voting rights

• What was the currency in 1st century BC in Rome?

• How accurate is the TV series "Rome" in depicting the daily life of both plebians and patricians?

• What was life like for a boy in Ancient Rome?

• I plan on using my time machine to visit ancient Rome, around the end of the reign of Augustus (approx AD 10). What preparations would I need to make to blend in? Language, food, money, disease, my teeth look too white . . .

• How pervasive was beastiality in Ancient Rome? (Now with clarification!)

• What were the most common jobs in Ancient Rome?

I think that covers the posts I've written. Again, if you have any questions, let me know! :)

Insulae were the main homes in the Rome, think tower blocks but with the better apartments being near the bottom (usually above shops) and the worse ones at the top, getting smaller and more crowded as you went up. Saying that, even these spaces were relatively expensive as well as potentially unsafe - multiple emperors passed laws limiting the maximum height of these after accidents but they don't appear to have been followed. Most insulae didn't have kitchens and obviously no refrigeration so street food would have been much more prevalent as well as food in taverns etc.

It was a much more outdoor based culture as well, with public spaces such as the forum being used, for example most teachers based themselves outside and children went along (with payment) for at least some level of education, although only the elite would have continued education long enough to learn rhetoric skills that they would have used in public life.

Hope that helps, sorry I'm not near any of my books but if you want some tips on further reading just ask - primary source-wise try reading some Martial (try Epigrams 12.57) or Juvenal's Satires for an insight into the idea of Rome's hustle and bustle, just remember to bear in mind that there's quite a lot of negative exaggeration going on so take them with a large pinch of salt!