Download Unit 7 Lesson 10 Rome`s Accomplishments

Unit 7
Lesson 10
Rome’s Accomplishments
Lesson 10 – Rome’s Accomplishments
1. civil law
2. aqueduct
3. Romance
4. Pax Romana
5. Ovid
a. The first 200 years of peace and prosperity in
the Roman Empire
b. A raised channel used to carry water from
mountains to the cities
c. He wrote poems about Roman mythology
d. Latin languages that included Italian, French,
Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian
e. A legal system based on a written code of
laws
Generalization: Cultural achievements have both long and short term impact
Big Idea – The Romans accomplished great things in science, engineering, architecture,
art, literature and law
Questions
1. Identify – What is an example of an important medical
discovery during the Roman Empire? Galen’s
description of the valves of the heart and the
differences between arteries and veins.
2. Draw Conclusions – How were the Romans able to
increase the size of their buildings? By combining
arches to create vaults
3. Main Idea – How did Roman literature and language
influence later societies? Latin evolved into the Romance
languages and influenced other languages as well.
Science and Engineering
- astronomy – produced calendar
- botany – better crops and meat
- medicine
- Galen
- valves of the heart
- arteries and veins.
- engineering
- cement
- roads
- arches
- aqueducts
- vaults
Architecture and Art
- Copied many Greek ideas
- columns and marble
- Coliseum (Flavian amphitheater)
- Domes – Pantheon
- Art
- Mosaics
- Paintings
- fresco
- sculptors
Literature and Language
- Literature
- Virgil
- Ovid
- Language
- Latin
- led to the Romance languages
- Italian
- French
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Latin words incorporated into many other languages
Law
- Civil Law
- a legal system based on a written code
- Law of the Twelve Tables
- Code of Hammurabi
- Basis of legal system for many countries