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Roman contributions

Roman contributions. Roman Roads. The Romans were famous for their roads. Some Roman roads exist to this day, nearly 2000 years after they were made.

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Roman contributions

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  1. Roman contributions

  2. Roman Roads • The Romans were famous for their roads. Some Roman roads exist to this day, nearly 2000 years after they were made. • Rome made a great deal of money from trade in Europe. Some of this trade involved transport by sea. More frequently, the Romans used roads. Also with so much of Western Europe conquered by the Romans, the Romans needed roads to move their troops around quickly. Poorly built roads would not help this.

  3. Latin Language • Romans spoke the language of the district in which they lived, Latium in Italy– this is why the language of ancient Rome was called Latin and not Roman. • The influence of Rome as a country made Latin the common language of South and Western Europe. In these areas Romance Languages (Italian, French, Spanish, Romanian and Portuguese) were later derived from Latin.

  4. Roman Law – Part 1 • In 509 BC, the citizens of Rome created a new government. They called it THE ROMAN REPUBLIC.  • Although many things changed, and many things improved, women, children and slaves were still not citizens of Rome. They had no voice in government. Only adult free Roman men were citizens.

  5. Roman Law – Part 2 • But, things did improve under the Republic. About 50 years after the Roman Republic was formed, the leaders of the Republic wrote down many of the old laws, to make sure everyone understood them. History refers to this group of laws as "The Twelve Tables" because the written laws were organized into 12 sections. 

  6. Roman Law – Part 3 • These laws talked about property, crime, family, theft, marriage and inheritance. It does not really matter what they said, although the laws did try to be fair. What matters is that these laws were written down. They were engraved on tablets of metal and put on display at the Forum in the city of Rome, so that everyone could see them.  • Each law applied to every Roman citizen, rich or poor. That was a huge change for the better.

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