Roman Achievements

Roman Achievements

The Roman Roads

The Romans were very practical people. They excelled at using technology to improve daily life.

The Romans were the first to make paved roads.

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• Roman roads were hard-paved and well drained.

• There were more than 50,000 miles of paved roads that crisscrossed the Roman Empire

• The roads sped up communication throughout the empire.

Multiple Choice

How many miles of Roman roads were throughout the Roman empire

• 100,000

• 50,000

• 40

• 1,000

Roman Architecture

Roman architects created a new building material called concrete.

Concrete was lighter and easier to work with, therefore workers built large structures covered in domes.

Architecture

The rounded arch became a typical feature of Roman architecture. The arches on bridges allowed for longer bridge spans.

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• The invention on concrete was easier than working with stone.

• Domes and Arches became a fixture in Roman Architecture

Multiple Choice

Which item made the building of large domed structures possible?

• arches

• stone

• concrete

• limestone

Aqueducts

• Aqueducts are a channel that moves water over land.

• They were used to supply towns with clean water.

• They built 100's of miles of aqueducts.

• The Romans also had sewer systems that carried waste out of the city

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• Aqueducts are channels that are made of stone or concrete that were used to supply clean water into towns in the Roman Empire

• Roman cities were considered clean

• Roman water and sewer systems were the best anyone had ever seen during that time period.

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Multiple Choice

True or False: The aqueducts were used as a sewer system in Ancient Rome?

• True

• False

Roman Economy

• Because of the Roman Roads, trade increased across all of the Roman Empire

• Farming was the basis of the economy

• Economic Growth in the empire was helped by a stable currency. (Currency is money)

• A STABLE currency is a system of money that does not change much in value over time.

Open Ended

What is a stable currency?

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• The Roman Roads encouraged trade

• Farming was the base of the Roman economy

• Rome's stable currency made it easier to conduct long-distance trade

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• Greco-Roman culture is a culture that includes Greek and Roman elements.

• Roman culture was spread by the army. It was also spread by the government when it allowed more people to become citizens of Rome.

• By 212 AD, almost every free person in the empire was a free citizen

Examples of Greco-Roman Culture

• Visiting public baths

• worshipping emperors

• seeing plays written by Greek authors

• studying Greek philosophy

Open Ended

Name one of the Greco-Roman practices

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