Rich families lived in sumptuous villas with multiple rooms, often heated with a heating system (hypocaustum) based on the air circulation under the floor or from the double walls.

The wealthy from towns spent their spare time at the public baths (termae), at the theatre or circus, gladiator fights.

Ordinarily, the Romans had 3 meals a day.

Education was private and accessible only for young people of the superior social class.

In the Roman society, the woman was passed from the father's authority under the husband's immediately after marriage.