What have the Romans left-Roman Legacies
Art
focus strength, loyalty, and
practicality
When we check out the churches in Medieval, we often see that the glasses are nicely decorated. What are these?
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
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.
Rome developed an efficient road system for their armies to quickly travel to all places in their empire. This road system also inspired the development of trade
Stocisim
Wrote Meditations
Laws and Religion
Christianity is now all around the world
Its republic format(senate etc) are now widely used like the house of commons.