Roman Achievement

Today’s Objectives

- To understand the function of public entertainment in the Roman world

- To analysis how Rome will influence the development of western civilization

Indiana World History Standards

SS.WH.2.9 2007 Roman Civilization: Describe Roman Republican government and society and trace the changes that culminated in the end of the Republic and the beginning of

the Roman Empire.

SS.WH.2.10 2007 Roman Civilization: Describe Roman achievement in law and technology and explain their impact on various peoples and places in subsequent periods of world

history.

SS.WH.2.11 2007 Roman Civilization: Explain the origins of Christianity, including the lives and teachings of Jesus and Paul, and the relationships of early Christians with officials of

the Roman Empire.

SS.WH.2.12 2007 Roman Civilization: Analyze the causes, conditions and consequences of the spread of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire, including the policies of

Emperor Constantine the Great.

SS.WH.2.13 2007 Roman Civilization: Explain the causes, conditions and consequences of the decline and fall of the western part of the Roman Empire.

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• Roman Language

→ The language of the Romans, Latin, will evolve directly into the Romance Languages in areas once controlled by Rome -Italian -Spanish -Portuguese -French -Romanian

→ English, while not a Romance Language, contains many words derived from Latin (scientific, medical & law terms)

• Roman Architecture

→ Early Romans borrowed architectural ideas from the Greeks, eventually adding their own techniques and style …emphasized the grandeur or greatness of Rome …mastered the use of concrete (domes, arches, columns)

→ Romans excelled in engineering or using science and mathematics to develop useful structures and machines …roads, bridges, harbors, aqueducts, amphitheaters …sewage systems, indoor plumbing, air conditioning

Aqueduct

Rome: Building an Empire

Aqueducts

Roads “All roads lead to Rome”

Baths

Roman Amphitheaters

Coliseum Rome: Brutal Entertainment Flavian Amphitheater

Circus Maximus

Hadrian’s Wall

Pantheon

• Roman Law

→ Roman ideas about law, as first written in the Twelve Tables, are still with us today …juries, judges, court system, etc

→ Romans, believe that all people are equal under the law and should be treated fairly …”innocent until proven guilty” …guilt must be “clearer than daylight” with evidence …accused must be able to face the accuser

Summarize the Roman Legacy in architecture, language

and law

Essential Question

• What are the Romance Languages? • What did Roman Architecture emphasize?

• What was the main principle of Roman Law?

Target Questions

1) How did Roman architecture differ from Greek architecture?

Required Reading Question(s)