What have the Romans left-Roman Legacies

Art

focus strength, loyalty, and
practicality

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Language

Latin

Languages now in western Europe are mainly inspired by Latin. We call them the Romance Languages

The main language of Rome

A lasting aspect of Roman culture

They are called mosaic. By placing small pieces of colorful materials, people create fine art. These art take place all around the world and especially in the Medieval age.

Literature

Epic

A long poem talking about "The Hero's Journey". Strongly connected to religion and myths.

oratory

Unlike the greeks, Rome do not focus on the perfect forms of a human being. They created the Bas-Reliefs

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Public speaking

The Bas reliefs are sculptures on a flat surface. They are realistic portraits, not like the greek sculptures

An "ancient debate". The politicians in Rome used this to persuade each other.

Philosophy

Architecture+Engineering

Emperor Marcus Aurelius was a great ruler+philosopher. He told people to be kind to others, and believed that this is what is good(bad luck he didn't have a great son).

Roman Architecture is focused on arches. They like curvy things like arch and domes

Their advancements on materials are also noticable

They invented a new type of concrete both light and strong. They used it to create strong and hollow buildings.

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Stocisim

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Laws and Religion

Christianity is now all around the world

Its republic format(senate etc) are now widely used like the house of commons.