PPT-Roman Contributions The ancient Romans built things to last

Their advances in technology include I nvention of concrete R oman roads R oman arches A queducts Technology Huge public health programs including welfare programs for the poor . The Romans used great public projects to make their empire the most advanced of the ancient world. . The Romans particularly excelled at building roads. The roads made it easier the Romans to travel, move troops, collect taxes and trade with faraway provinces. The expression, “All Roads Lead To Rome” refers to . The heart of ancient Roman civilization. Rome in Italy. Rome was built on the site of seven hills on the eastern (left) bank of the Tiber river in central Italy. The hills protect the lowest point where the river could be safely forded. Prehistoric Romans would have been in a good position to protect (and tax) the trade of salt from the seacoast inland, and iron from the continent south into Italy. Although the site has no immediate sea access, river trade later took place between the city and the port of Ostia at the mouth of the Tiber.. A long Narrative poem about the origin and values of a nation. Examples: The Odyssey (Greece) and The . Aeneid. (Rome). . Epic. Poem. Beginning or source; where or how something starts.. Origin. . Home Sweet Home. OR. Dude, I Live in THAT?!?!. The earliest Romans living on the Palatine hill were essentially farmers and shepherds, wearing animal skins as clothing and building their abodes of whatever construction materials were readily available. Archeological digs on the hills of Rome have brought to light a number of clues as to what these huts were like and when they were built.. Ancient Rome. Hayley Kennedy. What role did music play in their life?. Who were the famous Roman poets?. What contributions did the Romans make to language development?. How did the Romans express themselves visually?. The Beginning. c. 750 BCE: Latins (tribe) settle what becomes Rome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa02Me27sYw&feature=share&list=PL94166D8B8C3BB66D. Rome went from . A small farming village by the Tiber River. An Introduction. Roman Architecture. In the Roman Empire, they had impressive architecture. They built incredible arches, forums, temples, and roads. . It . took a lot of work, but they did it all without the technology that we have today. The Romans started using architecture techniques to make building easier. . The Regal Period to the Early Republic (753 BC – 509 BC). The Rape of the Sabine Women. Ovid, . Ars. . Amatoria. . I.87-132. It was you, Romulus, who first mingled the cares of love with public games, that far-off day when the rape of the Sabine women gave wives to your warriors who had waited for them so long. No curtains then hung in the marble theatre, nor was the stage made red with liquid saffron. In those days branches from the woods of the Palatine were the only adornment of our simple stage. The people sat on seats of turf, their heads canopied with boughs.. G. eography. Ancient Rome began in the eighth century B.C., it grew from a small town on central Italy’s Tiber River into an empire that at its peak encompassed most of continental Europe, Britain, much of western Asia, northern Africa, and the Mediterranean islands.. The Romans used great public projects to make their empire the most advanced of the ancient world. . The Romans particularly excelled at building roads. The roads made it easier the Romans to travel, move troops, collect taxes and trade with faraway provinces. The expression, “All Roads Lead To Rome” refers to . and. . THE ROMAN . EMPIRE. Essential Question. :. What were the lasting characteristics of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire? . In addition to Greece, another significant . Political, cultural, environmental, and administrative difficulties lead to decline, collapse, or transformation. Deforestation. Deforestation. , . clearance. or . clearing. is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use. Examples of deforestation include conversion of forestland to farms, ranches, or urban use.. Mosaic . was also a form of art that was created by the Romans.. Mosaic is a picture made from chips of colored stone or glass. iv.The. Culture of Ancient Rome. The Culture of Ancient Rome. Like Greek agoras, Roman cities had a forum for markets & public gatherings . What made the Romans LOL?. ‘Laughter appears to stand in need of an echo. Listen to it carefully: it is not an articulate, clear, well-defined sound; it is something which would fain be prolonged by reverberating from one to another, something beginning with a crash, to continue in successive rumblings, like thunder in a mountain.’ (p11).