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Roman Contributions
Use chapter 12 in your textbook to complete the organizer below. List important facts about each contribution.
• Practical approach to _______________and ________________ used knowledge to improve their lives
Science and • Galen-Greek surgeon who made many discoveries about the
Engineering
_______________system
• Great builders-developed new building materials such as
______________
• Built about 50,000 miles of____________; they were layered with
different materials making them durable
• Built structures using ____________and ______________(a set of
arches that supports the roof of a building)
• Improved ________________ (a channel used to carry water from
mountains into cities) by using arches
• Architecture was based on older Greek designs-using
_____________and ___________________
• Use of ________________allowed the Romans to build structures
Architecture
larger than even the Greeks-such as the
and Art
_____________________(a huge arena in ancient Rome built to
hold fights between gladiators)
• Created beautiful__________________, paintings, and
__________________. Mosaics and paintings were used to
decorate Roman buildings
• __________________ (a type of painting done on wet plaster)
decorated walls
• __________________(pictures of people) tried to show their
subject’s personality
• __________________were sometimes copied from the Greeks
Modern Day Impact
Modern Day Impact
Literature,
Law and
Language
• Writers were valued by _________________
_____________________
• ______________(wrote the Aeneid) and
________________(wrote poems about Roman mythology) were
famous authors
• ______________________used by writers was the language of
ancient Rome
• Latin later developed into the __________________languages
(Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian)
• Latin words and terms influenced ______________________
• Two official languages were recognized due to the size of the
Roman Empire-_________________ and
_____________________
• Roman law influenced later law systems; created
____________law (a legal system based on a written code of laws)
Modern Day Impact