Roman Culture and Legacy

Roman Culture and Legacy

Art and Language

• Towns and homes were covered in art, such as mosaics, murals, sculptures

• Originally showed people in real life.

• followed Greek culture and showed people god-like and beautiful

• Artisans created glass jars, mirrors, and jewels.

Multiple Select

Which of the following did Artisans create? Check all that apply

• Glass jars

• Paintings

• Jewels

Art and Language

• Latin was spread across the empire by soldiers, colonists, and merchants

• Latin helped to create Spanish, Italian, French, and Portuguese

• Still used in certain church services, and to give names to plants and animals

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Multiple Choice

What is a place you would be still likely to here Latin today?

• Math class

• Church services

• Home

Literature and Science

• Oratory- art of giving speeches.

• Create epic poems similar to the Greeks.

• Satire- a form of literature that makes fun of its subjects.

• Expanded on Greek ideas on astronomy, math, geography, optics, and medicine.

Multiple Choice

What is the main point of satire?

• To praise people

• To criticize people

• Make fun of people

Popular Entertainment

• Romans enjoyed gladiator fights

• Gladiators were slaves or criminals trained to fight.

• Had fake naval battles by flooding the Colosseum.

• Chariot races were often held and more popular than gladiator fights

Multiple Choice

What type of Roman was a gladiator?

• Slave

• Citizen

• Senator

Roman Law

• Created the Twelve Tables: laws related to family, property, and inheritance

• Lasted long after the empire fell

• Evolved into Civil Law, which is still used in countries today