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Influence, Buildings and Law
Name three architecture features?
Greek Influence
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Romans admired achievements of
the Greeks, Hadrian spoke Greek
better than Latin
Marcus Aurelius wrote philosophy
in Greek
Nero competed in Greek song and
dram competitions
Romans visited Greece to study
Greek art, architecture and gov’t
Different view of learning, Greeks
interested in ideas, seeking to
learn about the world through
reason, developing mathematics,
philosophy and astronomy
Romans interested in using ideas
to build things, architecture and
engineering grew , part of building
an empire
Architecture
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Early Art and architecture copied
Etruscans, then the Greeks
Roman style heavier and more sturdy
than Greeks
Arches allowed for larger structures,
creating larger open spaces inside
buildings with arched ceilings
supported by heavy walls
Most buildings were made of bricks
covered by thin white marble,
developed concrete a mix of stone,
sand, cement and water, allowing for
taller buildings
Greatest building was the Colosseum,
arena that held 50,000 spectators,
walls so well built flooded it for naval
battles, stairway and ramps ran
through the building, elevators carried
animals to the arena floor
Engineering
• Roman engineers built roads
to every part of the empire,
equal to 2x’s around the
equator, led to phrase “all
roads lead to Rome”
• Built aqueducts, structures that
carried water over long
distances, lon lines of arches
with a channel on top carried
water from Mtns to Rome,
tunneled through Mtns.
Spanned valleys and filled the
fountains of Rome
Roman Law
• Roman law travelled where
ever the Roman army went,
based on law scribe onto
twelve bronze tables in the
Forum, established by the
senate in the Republic
• Later, Byzantine emperor,
Justinian established a law
code including no man may be
forcebly removed from his own
house, burden of proof on
accuser, in penalty of crime the
age and ignorance of accused
must be examined, right to
face your accusers, any doubt
meant innocence
Activity
• Examine sections of the Twelve Tables