There were known as freedmen. Public baths Few Romans houses had bathrooms, so people went to the public baths. Here they could bathe, have a message and chat to their friends. The baths were heated from underground. Slaves stoked large fires went sent hot air under the raised floors and through slits in the walls.
People still use the baths for their health-giving properties.
Like many cultures still, Rome had a dowry system. Here I am, with a great big daughter on my hands, with no dowry, and no takers. Money was the decisive factor in all marriages and thus a bachelor girl was likely to remain so for a long time, unless her beauty happened to catch the eye of some disinterested young man. The betrothal It was felt that the first or second hour of the day was the most favourable time for the betrothal to take place. The father granted his consent, which, given in the presence of so many witnesses, now had legally binding force.