Contributions of Ancient Rome

How did Roman achievements influence Western civilization?

Art/Architecture• Pantheon• Coliseum

Technology

Roman Arches

Aqueducts

Medicine• Emphasis on public health– Public baths, public water system,

medical schools

Languages• Latin– Romance languages (French, Spanish,

Italian, English, etc.)

Literature• Virgil – Aeneid– One of the greatest works of Roman

literature– A myth about the beginnings of Rome

Religion• Roman Mythology• Later adoption of Christianity as

imperial religion

Greek and Roman MythologyGreek Name Roman Name

Zeus JupiterHera Juno

Athena MinervaApollo Apollo

Aphrodite VenusArtemis Diana

Law• Principle of “Innocent until Proven

Guilty”– Twelve Tables