Roman Achievements

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Roman Achievements
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Greco-Roman Civilization

• Greek Influence
• Blended Greek, Roman, and Hellenistic Cultures

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Pax Romana

• Expanded and solidified Roman empire
• Established uniform financial system expanded
  Roman trade
• Safe travel on Roman roads
• Stable social classes
• Increased emphasis on family
• Created civil service system
• Uniform law codes

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Roman Art

• Greek Influence
• Sculptures Realism and Idealism
• Portraits Show individualism/character

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Roman Relief
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Roman Architecture

• Greek (classic) and Roman (elaborate)
• First to use concrete on massive scale
• Built palaces, temples, stadiums, and arches
• Domes example in the Pantheon
• Arches examples from aqueducts and Coliseum
• Roman Forum center of city

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Pantheon
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Colosseum
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Colosseum
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Roman Arch
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Roman Forum
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Roman Amphitheatre
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Arch of Titus
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Roman Engineering

• Built roads, bridges, aqueducts, and harbors

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Roman Aqueducts
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Network of Roads
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Roman Road
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Roman Baths
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Roman Science

• Greeks remained dominant
• Ptolemy theory that the Earth was the center of
  the universe
• Pliny the Elder compiled volumes on geography,
  zoology, and botany

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Roman Literature and History

• Age of Augustus Golden Age
• Lyric Poetry
• Virgil Aeneid (glory of Rome)
• Historians focused on theme Rise and Fall of
  Rome
• Latin and romance languages from Rome

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Pompeii
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Virgils Aeneid
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Roman Language
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The Roman Family and Society

• Paterfamilias family headed by dominant male
  and household that included wife, children,
  slaves
• Children raising, education
• Role of Women and Marriage
• Social Changesend of the Paterfamilias
• Daily Life in Rome
• Conditions for the poor and Circus Maximus
• Slavery very prominent in Rome

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