- the Romans developed many ideas and institutions that became fundamental to western civilization
- Romans learned the art of sculpture from the greeks
- bas- relief or low- relief images project from a flat background
- Mosaics were pictures or designs made by setting small pieces of stone, glass, or tile onto a surface
- frescoes were painted directly on walls
- Livy compiled a multivolume history of Rome from its origin to 9 BC
- Latin remained the language of Rome after the fall of Rome
- Many US buildings include Roman features
- Romans figured that all laws should be equal and apply to the poor and rich
terms and questions:
- Greco-roman culture: an ancient culture that developed from a blending og Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman cultures
- Pompeii: a Roman town where most paintings were found. Mount Vesuvius erupted and covered the town in thick layers of ash killing lots of people
- Virgil: A poet that wrote/created the Aeneid
- Tacitus: Roman historian that presented multiple facts accurately
- Aqueduct: a pipeline or channel built to carry water to populated areas
5. It started the language called the Romance languages which were the French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian adopting Latin into their languages
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