Roman Accomplishments

• Objective: – SWBAT list the Roman accomplishments

• Do Now: – What are the Romans famous for?

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• Activity: – Brain Pop http://

www.brainpop.com/math/numbersandoperations/romannumerals/

• Homework:– Draw a Venn-Diagram comparing and contrasting the Greek

and Roman Accomplishments

Roman AccomplishmentsFine Arts Literature Engineering Law

• Realistic sculpture

• Mosaics (pieces of stone glass tiles put together to form a picture)

• Murals (paintings on walls)

• Virgil’s Aeneid (Epic poem that told of how heroic Rome’s past was)

• Lain adapted into local languages (Romance=French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese)

• Tacitus’ Annals and Histories (Concerned about the lack of morality in Rome)

• Arch

• Dome

• Aqueduct (brings water into the cities)

• Roads

• Colosseum (sports)

• Amphitheatre

• Stone and concrete

• Twelve Tables • Equal treatment before the law

• Innocent until proven guilty

• Burden of proof on accused

• A person should be punished only for actions, not thoughts

• Unfair laws could be set aside

Realistic Sculptures

Mosaic

Mural

Virgil’s Aeneid

Tacitus’ Annals and Histories

Arch

Dome

Aqueduct

Roads

Colosseum

Amphitheatre

Roman Law:Twelve Tables

What do we remember about Greek and Roman achievements?

Greece Rome

Pythagoras (math) Murals/Mosaics

Hippocrates (science) Twelve Tables

Earth moves around sun (science) Aqueducts

Level and Pulley system (science) Roads

Drama Sculptures

Epic Poems (Homer) Arches/domes

Philosophers (Socrates, Aristotle, Plato) Colosseum/Amphitheatre

Columns Literature (Tacitus/Virgil)

Sculptures Concrete/stone