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The Roman Achievement 5.3

The Roman Achievement 5.3. Objectives. Summarize works of Roman literary figures, historians and philosophers. Describe art and architecture developed by the Romans. Explain how Rome’s legal codes protected everyone in the empire. Literature, History, and Philosophy.

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The Roman Achievement 5.3

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  1. The Roman Achievement5.3

  2. Objectives • Summarize works of Roman literary figures, historians and philosophers. • Describe art and architecture developed by the Romans. • Explain how Rome’s legal codes protected everyone in the empire.

  3. Literature, History, and Philosophy • From which culture did the Romans borrow from? • The Romans thought Greek art, literature, and philosophy were the pinnacle of cultural achievement • Trade and travel helped to expand ideas within the empire, created “Greco-Roman” culture

  4. Greek settlements in Italy

  5. Literature, History, and Philosophy • Virgil – Aeneid, helped to unite Rome • Satire • Historians – tell story of the Empire, positive and negative Virgil and Two Muses, Mosaic, Tunisia

  6. Sculptorscontrapposto • Sculptors wanted to create realistic statues Augusta di Prima Porta Julius Caesar

  7. Mosaics

  8. Science and Engineering • Romans developed domes, arches, and built roadways. • Ptolemy – proposed Geocentric theory

  9. New Law Codes Protect the Empire • Civil law - applied to Roman citizens only -problem? • Law of Nations – applied to all people under Roman rule, even non-citizens. • Rome eventually extended citizenship across the empire, merging both laws.

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