When did archaeologists learn about Rome?

Answer 1

ancient Rome was well known long before the emergence of archaeologists. In fact, it was known all along. Roman civilisation lasted 1,200 years and created the second largest empire antiquity saw and the 17th largest in history. The Roman Empire covered Western Europe up to the river Rhine, Britain, South-eastern Europe, North Africa and part of the Middle East.

The western part of the Roman Empire fell in the 5th century AD under the weight of the invasions by the Germanic peoples. The eastern part of the Roman Empire was not affected by these invasions and existed until 1453. A 16th century historian coined the term Byzantine Empire to indicate he eastern part of the Roman Empire after the fall of the west. The Germanic invaders hired educated Romans to run their bureaucracy and their laws were a mixture of their customary laws and Roman law. They were written in Latin (the language of the Romans). Latin also became the lingua franca of the educated elites of Europe

The legacy of the Romans has had a deep impact on western Europe.

Christianity developed from a religion among a small group of Jews (who lived in Judea, which was part of the Roman Empire) into a mass religion in the Roman days. It spread around the Roman Empire. It became state religion. Catholic Christianity and Orthodox Christianity developed during the Late Roman Empire. They were originally called Latin or Western Christianity and Greek or Eastern Christianity respectively. The former was the main form of Christianity in the western part of the Roman Empire and the latter was the main form of Christianity in the eastern part of the Roman Empire.

Western European languages have adopted and adapted the Latin alphabet. The only letters in the English language which do not come from the Latin alphabet are J, U and W.

Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian are languages derived from Latin (romance languages). Many Latin words have entered English via two routes. One was that Latin was the language of the church in the Middle Ages. The other was the Norman conquest of England. French became the court language and many French words entered into the English language. These words are usually of Latin origin.

Many international words in medicine, law and theology are Latin.

The key principles of Roman civil law have provided the foundation or an inspiration for the law of many modern countries. These are: citizenship status and citizenship rights, equality under the law, the right to have a proper trial and to defend oneself, the right to appeal, that the burden of proof rests on the accuser and not on the accused, that it is the exact form of actions and not intentions or words which is punishable, and that a law deemed unreasonable or unfair can be repealed.

The Romans influenced European architecture, sculpture and painting until the early 20th century. They influenced the art of the Renaissance (14th-15th century) Baroque (17th-18th century) and Neoclassicism (18th-20th century, and is still sometimes used today). Palladian architecture was also based on Roman architecture. It was popular from the 17th century to the 20th century and was often used for public buildings. Latin literature was very influential in European literature until the mid-20th century.

Answer 2

never, god, why would you ask this...