What are some of the contributions made to the Romans by some other cultures?

Answer 1

Civil service set up by Augustus

Statues, Murals, Mosaics, Frescoes, Vaults, Domes, Cathedrals, Aqueducts, Proverbs, Scribes, Alphabets, Roots, Prefixes, Stoicism, Law, Justice, and Citizenship.

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Answer 2

by inventing internal house toilet Plumbing and heat with coal burning inside

The Renaissance on the 14th and 15th centuries was a 'rebirth' of interest in the Romans. Painting, sculpture and architecture were influenced by the Romans. Reading Roman literature was fashionable among the elites. Later in the Renaissance there was also a 'rebirth' of interest in the Greeks. The study of the classics (the Greeks and the Romans) became the mainstay of the education of the elites for centuries. Through this, the Romans had an influence on the culture of the elites and on European literature.

The discovery of a large compendium of Roman civil law (the Body of Civil Law) in a library in Pisa in 1070 sparked great interest in Roman civil law. The civil law of many modern countries is based on Roman civil law.

Another influence is language. Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian are Romance languages. These are languages derived from Latin.

Latin has also influenced the English language. Latin was the language of the church and the elite in the Early Middle Ages and some Latin words were borrowed . With the Norman conquest, French became the court language and many french words entered the English language.

Many scientific and medical words are Latin or Greek.

Answer 3

Much of Rome's culture and technology originated with the Greeks. The Roman pantheon of deities, including Jupiter/Jove, Venus, Mars and Ceres, were based on the Greek pantheon. For example, Jupiter was based on the chief Greek god, Zeus, and Venus on the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite. Roman sculpture was very reminiscent of Greek and Hellenic sculpture, in terms of themes, styles and materials. The only difference was that at some times in Roman history, Roman sculpture reflected reality, whereas the Greek was always idealised. Building styles, such as the Doric and Ionic columns, porticoed buildings and marble buildings, was also borrowed from Greece. Although the basic ideas were borrowed from Greece, the Romans improved and elaborated on the concepts to make them "Roman".

Answer 4

Throughout the annals of time, the ancient Romans were noted for great feats of engineering and architecture; however, most of their "inventions" were merely improvements on older ideas, concepts and inventions from other cultures. But their improvements were so great that the idea may as well been their own.

The Romans made great contributions in the political, art, religious and engineering fields. They developed the alphabet and twelve-months calendar as we know it today. They copied Greek statues but were famous for making them larger and grander than the originals. And a few examples of their amazing engineering feats are the use of their improved concrete application with regard to roads, arches and aqueducts. These are just a few things improved tremendously by the Romans and reintroduced into civilization.

Cement was originally invented in Egypt in 3000 BC but the Romans improved it and thus were able to improve many aspects of construction. This Roman concrete "paved" the way for new, better building methods and had many advantages over the previous types of concrete. Romans could now simply "pour" a structure in to place instead of cutting and shaping large blocks of stone to build them. Concrete contains three basic materials, an aggregate (fillers such as rock, pebbles, pieces of brick, etc.), a binding agent and water. Binding agents mix with the water and solidifies as it dries. Lime or gypsum was normally used as the binding agents. Romans found that when they used a type of volcanic ash as the binding agent, the concrete formed a much stronger bond with the aggregates and made a stronger mortar.

The exceptional strength of the new concrete application allowed the Romans to take arches to greater spans. In fact, they took the arch one step further and created the dome. Concrete was cheap to make, easy to work with and didn't need special or skilled laborers. It was fireproof and much safer than wooden arches and supports. Finally, because it could set under water, it had an impact on bridge and harbor design and construction.

The Romans are believed to have borrowed the knowledge of road construction from the Etruscans and improved on it. Roman roads were constructed to be resistant to floods and other environmental hazards and stand up to hard use - as in moving legions of troops from one part of the country to the other. Public roads were commonplace in many countries but the Romans improved the design and perfected and standardized the construction methods to the extent that many of their roads are still in use today.

Aqueducts were in use hundreds of years in Persia, India and Egypt before the Romans ran with the idea.

Running water, indoor plumbing and a sewer system to carry the sewage away from Rome and its inhabitants was unsurpassed by any civilization until very modern times. "The Aqueducts, being the most visible and glorious piece of the ancient water system, stand as a testament to Roman engineering. Some of these ancient structures are still in use today in various capacities."

The aqueducts were built from a combination of stone, brick and the special volcanic cement I mentioned previously. Albeit, we are most familiar with the arched waterways that remain today, most of the great Roman water system ran underground. Channels were dug below ground or through rock and carried the water where it was possible. Of the nearly 260 miles of aqueduct system, only 30 miles were the huge arched structures that remain today. The entire system relied on gravity for the continuous flow of water; an amazing engineering feat for that time.

"When water reached Rome it flowed into large reservoirs that held the water supply for the city and were connected to a vast network of lead pipes. Everything from public fountains, baths and private villas could tap into the network, sometimes provided a fee was paid. Providing additional sources of incoming flow, feeding the baths or simply providing water access to more of the populace could grant great prestige."

11 separate aqueducts supplied the city of Rome and were built over a span of 500 years and nearly 200 cities within the empire were supplied by aqueducts; a feat unsurpassed by any civilization before or after for nearly another 2 millennia.

Answer 5

Their strengths were governance and military power. This produced stability, peace and protectio - that is, after they had done the conquering bit.

Answer 6

they contributed the society of goverment and many people were allowed to worship what ever god they wanted to worship

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Some of the basic and essential contributions were: running water, roads, buildings and other infrastructure, law, order and unity.

Answer 9

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