Transcript Contributions of ancient Rome

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Contributions of Ancient Rome
Contributions of ancient Rome
• Art and architecture: Pantheon
Contributions of ancient Rome
• Art and architecture: Colosseum
Contributions of ancient Rome
• Art and Architecture: Forum
Contributions of ancient Rome
• Technology: Roads, aqueducts, Roman arches
Contributions of ancient Rome
• Technology: Roads, aqueducts, Roman arches
Contributions of ancient Rome
• Technology: Roads, aqueducts, Roman arches
Contributions of ancient Rome
• Science: Achievements of Ptolemy
– Geocentric Theory
– Geography of the Roman Empire
– Astronomy
Contributions of ancient Rome
• Medicine: Emphasis on public health (public
baths, public water systems, medical schools)
Contributions of ancient Rome
• Language: Latin, Romance languages
• Latin was the Roman language. Most
European languages developed out of that.
These languages are called Romance
Languages because of their connection to
Rome.
• Ex. Portuguese, Spanish, France, Italian,
Romanian, Croatian (Dalmatian)
Contributions of ancient Rome
• Literature: Virgil’s Aeneid
• Linked the roots of Rome to ancient Greece,
Aeneas survived and escaped after the fall of
Troy in the Trojan war.
• Left and his descendents founded Rome
Contributions of ancient Rome
• Religion: Roman mythology; adoption of
Christianity as the imperial religion
• Law: The principle of “innocent until proven
guilty” (from the Twelve Tables)