Chapter 37
BY:
Karla,Casey,Jesse
,Ryan,Alex,Jeremy

Introduction

• A man named Edward Gibbon came to Rome in about 1764 C.E. He saw the ruin from Ancient Rome and he saw the old colosseum. When he saw the ruin he decided to write a book about everything he saw. He spent many years in writing about ancient Rome and theArchitecture,Art,Engineering, Language,Philosophy and law.

The end of the empier in the west

• omans thought there empire would last forever. But by the year 500 the western side collapsed.They had three main promblems. One was political instability.They never solved the problem of how to peacefully transfer political power to a new compatible ruler. another problem was economic and social issues

Art

• The romans admired the greek art. The Romans paid people to paint and create sculptures.The Romans had left behind examples of their art for future generations.

Architecture and engineering

• Architecture and engineering Architecture In the ancient world the Roman builders had learned all their building techniques from the Greeks who learned from the Etruscans. There were two different types of buildings a vault and a dome. they made concrete by by mixing sand, broken up stone, and cement and also mixed that with water, when they are done mixing they have to wait for the concrete to harden.The Romans actually were the ones who invented stadiums. Engineering Romans were very good at building bridges, roads, and aqueducts. Arches from aqueducts still can be found in Europe, Asia Minor, and Africa

Language

• The main language that the Romans spoke was Latin. Many languages have developed from Latin, including Spanish, Italian, and French. English as well has many words that originated from Latin. English words also start with prefixes from the Latin language such as precede, prepay, and prefix. Also many months on a calendar come from Latin words, September means the 7th month, August is named after Caesar Augustus from Rome, and October means the 8th month. In the modern day we also use Roman numerals like II, IV, XII, and many more. Like today, Romans wrote in capital letters but they used every letter in capitals.

Philosophy and law

• Like art and architecture Philosophy and law is greatly influenced by greece. Stoicism was a philosophy that came from greeks. Stoics believed that divine godly intelligence ruled all of nature. Stoics believed the only good thing in life is good character The most famous roman stoic was the emperor marcus aurelius The stoics were famous for bearing pain and suffering bravely and quietly. Another legacy of romans was the roman idea of justice. like people everywhere the romans did not always fulfill their ideals.