Ancient Roman FAQ's
Festus Hartman
Writing
The Romans did in fact have paper that was called papyrus. Papyrus originally came from the Egyptians, papyrus is made from the papyrus plants stock. The plants stock would be sliced into thin piece roughly a inch wide and would be layered with other slice then socked in water for a day and then pressed down to make it stay together. They used a quill dipped in ink to write. The Romans also had a more efficient way to write, they would take a wooden tablet that is dipped in was and would use a stylus to write into the wax.
Family
Clothing of Men & Boys
Clothing of Women & Girls
Citations
"Writing and Language." World Eras. Ed. John T. Kirby. Vol. 3: Roman Republic and Empire, 264 B.C.E.- 476 C.E. Detroit: Gale, 2001. 170-172. World History in Context. Web. 6 Oct. 2015.
Tortora, Phyllis. "Toga." Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion. Ed. Valerie Steele. Vol. 3. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005. 329-331. World History in Context. Web. 6 Oct. 2015.
McManus, Barbara F. "Roman Clothing, Part I." Roman Clothing, Part I. VROMA, Aug. 2003. Web. 14 Sept. 2015.
"Family." The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of Ancient Rome. Don Nardo. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2002. 153-155. World History in Context. Web. 6 Oct. 2015.
"Children." World Eras. Ed. John T. Kirby. Vol. 3: Roman Republic and Empire, 264 B.C.E.- 476 C.E. Detroit: Gale, 2001. 304-305. World History in Context. Web. 6 Oct. 2015.