Roman Contributions:

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Roman Contributions

• Use the following slides to identify how Ancient
  Rome influenced the rest of history, including
  our own lives. Each slide is a new way that Rome
  affects our lives today. On your worksheet,
  record the contribution and how you use it in
  your life today, then answer the questions below
  that.

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Art Architecture
Forum
Pantheon
Coliseum
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Art Architecture
Rotunda _at_UVA
Dome
Today
Pantheon
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Art ArchitectureLarge Arenas
Coliseum ( 100 A.D.) 65,000 people
Yankee Stadium (2007 A.D.) 55,000 people
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TechnologyRunning waterFrom Aqueducts to
modern plumbing.
Roman Arches
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TechnologyRoman Roads united their vast empire
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The Romans spoke Latin, which is the foundation
of the Romance Languages
Romance Languages

• Latin
• Italian
• Spanish
• French
• Romanian

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Religion
Change from Roman Polytheism to Christianity as
the Imperial Roman religion
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Christianity
The largest world religion
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Roman Law Code Twelve TablesThe basis for our
laws and court system
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LawThe concept of Innocent until proven
Guilty
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Literature
Virgils The Aeneid Latin epic poem, written by
Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the
legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled
to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the
Romans.
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MedicineBelieved in Public Health
Public Baths
Public Water/Sewage system
Medical Schools
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Science
Achievements of Ptolemy
Mathematician, Astronomer, Geographer,
Astrologer, and poet of a single epigram in the
Greek Anthology. He lived in the city of
Alexandria in the Roman province of Egypt, wrote
in Greek, and held Roman citizenship