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2 Unit Six Block Six Lecture Roman Innovations

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4  An Invention is when a person or civilization creates something new  An innovation is when a person or civilization takes something that already exists and makes it better  For example, the Greeks invented the concept of direct democracy, but the Romans turned that idea into representative democracy First mobile phone I Phone Click me

5  The Forum is the heart of commerce, business, and administration of justice  The Pantheon (118 to 125 CE/AD) is a temple at the center of the Forum  The Coliseum (80 CE/AD) or Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest type of this building in the world  Roman arches are structurally superior to previous arches  Corinthian Columns are architecturally advanced compared to Greek Columns Click Here

6  Ptolemy (90 to 168 CE/AD) is a Roman astronomer who set forth that the Earth was the center of the universe  Roman roads were large all weather roads built to promote safe travel and built to last (see last class)  Aqueducts provided a clean source of water from distant sources to the City of Rome and also took the polluted water out of the city (yuck!) Click me Good try … but very wrong

7  Rome Establishes the first formal medical schools in western civilization  Rome creates of a public water system where people drink clean water and wastewater is sent out of the city  Roman public baths allow for daily bathing and are heated by giant furnaces Click me Clean, not nasty, back in the day!

8  Latin is the root of all romance languages and the language of the Catholic Church (here we go with Christianity)  Virgil writes the Aeneid, the story of a Trojan who travels to the Italian Peninsula and becomes a Roman ancestor (29 to 19 BCE/BC) Click Here “She approves of the undertakings?” huh? “New order of the ages”? C’mon dollar bill makers!

9  The Twelve Tables are expanded during the Roman Empire (originally Greek law dealt with citizenship and the rule of law)  Roman Innovations in the law include: ◦ Everyone is innocent until proven otherwise. ◦ Everyone has the right to defend themselves in front of a judge. ◦ The judge must take every piece of evidence into consideration. Click Here These are our basic legal principles today!

10 Click Here  Innovation - Roman mythology adopts aspects of multiple conquered religions (including Greece)  Revolution - Christianity will overtake Roman civilization ◦ Christianity is first outlawed in Rome (example, Paul executed 62 CE/AD) ◦ Christianity is accepted in Rome when Emperor Constantine converts and recognizes the church in 313 CE/AD ◦ Christianity is adopted as the official Roman imperial religion by Emperor Theodosius I in 380 CE/AD This guy is going to change everything!


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