GRECO-ROMAN

MATH

• The basic logic principles used for deduction in modern science
• and mathematics were systematized by Aristotle in his writings
• on "sylogistic logic." The Greeks were the first to study general
• mathematical laws and principles beyond practical problem-
• Solving and the first to delve into abstract mathematics.

ART

• many of the techniques used in their temples and official buildings are still
• used today. Greek architects developed the post-and-lintel system, which
• uses the placement of stones and the effects of gravity to hold structures
• in place. They also developed doric, ionic and corinthian columns.

TECHNOLOGY

• The Romans achieved high levels of technology in some part
• Because they borrowed from and absorbed the culture of the
• established people of the Mediterranean basin.some inventions
• such as the mechanical reaper, were surprising until 19th c.

ENGINEERING

• They were responsible for innovations
• to roads and construction in general.
• Roman architecture was greatly influenced
• by the Etruscans.

SCIENCE

• Romans were less interested in scientific discovery,
• they were attuned to its practical benefits. The invention
• Of rational medicine is one of the most important discoveries
• of the Greeks—remarkable for its absence of any appeal to
• Magic, religion, or superstition.