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=HOUSING= Poor people lived in lower classed housing, usually shacks, and they were commonly known as lower classed housing. Greek houses were normaly made out of wood, clay bricks & stone. Women and men slept in different places and they didn't sleep in the same housing. Ancient greek homes consisted of 2-3 rooms & a courtyard and were usually made out of expensive materials. Houses would be usually built around courtyards. =COOKING AND EATING= By the 4th century B.C, most usual tables were round and the Greeks ate while seated around it. They used flat loaves of bread as plates but metal bowls were more common. There were normally two stages in dinner, first they ate their food and then were brought drinks. The Greeks liked fresh fish and was one of their favourites dishes. The most ancient cheese in greece was Feta cheese.

Greeks never ate meat unless it was sacrificed to the gods or it had been hunted in the wild. They never ate vegetables either if a god didn't like it or if they believed in the god. Ancient greeks also ate other weird foods klike sea urchins, trushes, peacock eggs, lupin flower seeds and grasshoppers. Their cooking was done outside to stop fires from occuring inside their houses and to prevent the smells from coming in as well.

== =CLOTHING AND FASION= Ancient greeks clothing were normally loose. Both men and women normaly wore sleeveless tunics. For shoes they norma;ly wore sandals outdoors and while inside they would normally walk bare foot. During the the winter thay wore woollen cloaks to keep them warm. There was evidence that has shown that men and woman both wore jewelery and all Greeks also wore jewelery for fashion. =OLYMPICS= In order to compete in the Olympics, a healthy body was very imprortant and the greeks always practised every day to stay fit. For winning an event they wouldn't receive a medal but they received a wreath and free meals for life, only in some parts of Greece though. The first Olympics that were recorded in greece were in 776 BC. The olympics were held in a village called Olympia. Only men could compete in the Olympics. Most of the events had very few rules. In some competitions they competed naked and in boxing they had very few rules so they faught until someone was knocked out.

=BATTLES AND SOLDIERS= Ancient Greek soldiers were called Hoplites and were armed with swords, spears and shields. Women were not allowed to be soldiers. War was also very common in Greece, especially the cities of Athens, Sparta, Forinth and Chebes. They were always battling each other over their city borders. If the Greeks captured enemy ships they would capture the crew & sometimes burn them. One time, Ancient Greece was taken over by the Romans in 146 B.C. = = == =LEADERS= There were a lot of ancient greek heroes, one was Alexander the Great. Alexander was an ancient greek leader. When he was a general, he went on a eleven year journey and conquered from Egypt to India. Other heroes included:
 * Agis, who tried to restore the old way of life, but he was later defeated by power and greed.
 * Solon, allowed the growth of democratic institution after Dion.
 * Timoleon, took up from where Dion had left off with the help of the gods.
 * Phocion, who was defeated in a Peloponnesian war and surrendered to Macedonia.