Contributions of the Roman Empire

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Contributions of the Roman Empire
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Taking Notes

• Copy all of the blue text in your notes.

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Roads

• As the empire grew, roads were needed to move
  armies and assist with trade.

Notice how durable and long-lasting these roads
are. Remember that this road is almost 2,000
years old!
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Roads

• Some are still in use today
• Each mile was marked by a pillar to measure
  distance.

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Aqueducts

• Aqueduct waterway built to bring fresh water
  into a city.

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Aqueducts

• Eleven aqueducts carried 300 million gallons of
  water into Rome

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Colosseum

• Colosseum Located in Rome, the largest and most
  famous stadium in the world where games were
  played.

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Wild animals and slaves were kept under the
stadium floor, here
The Romans even filled the Colosseum with water
and staged large battles with ships.
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Colosseum
Gladiator fights these warriors were usually
criminals forced to fight in bloody contests or
fights with animals such as lions or bears.
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Temples

• Romans copied Greek temples very closely.

Why do you think they did this?
Most likely it was because they revered the
Greeks as the greatest civilization before they
arrived. Remember that they also borrowed all of
the Greek gods and goddesses.
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Architecture

• The Roman developed

and cement.
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Calendar

• Julius Caesar changed the calendar to 12 months
  and 30 or 31 days except for February.

Notice the names of the months on this pillar
(Mensis means month)
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Where do the names of the months come from?

• January Janus, Roman God of doors beginnings
• February Februare means to purify in Latin
• March Mars, the Roman God of War
• April derived from aperire, Latin to open, as
  in opening buds and blossoms
• May Maia, Roman goddess
• June Juno, chief Roman goddess
• July Julius Caesar
• August Augustus Caesar
• September septem, Latin for 7, the 7th month
  of the Roman calendar
• October octo, Latin for 8, the 8th month of
  the Roman calendar
• November novem, Latin for 9, their 9th month
• December decem, Latin for 10, their 10th month

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Roman Gods Goddesses
Jupiter (Zeus) King of the gods, and god of
thunder lightning Neptune (Poseidon) god of
the sea Dis (Pluto) god of the underworld Ceres
(Demeter) goddess of agriculture Mars (Ares)
god of war
Juno (Hera) goddess of women childbirth Venus
(Aphrodite) goddess of love beauty Apollo
god of the sun, music healing Minerva (Athena)
goddess of wisdom, crafts war
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Latin

• Latin The language spoken by ancient Romans.
  Later in Europe it became the language of the
  church and scholars, it helped start the romance
  languages
• Spanish
• French
• Italian
• Portuguese
• even English!