Roman Achievements

Fine Art

• Learned sculpture from Greece• Realistic stone sculptures, used for

education• Bas-relief and low-relief: images project

from flat background• Art told stories and of people• Mosaics- small pieces of stone, glass or

tile on a surface• Painting- murals/ frescos

Literature

• Influenced by Greek stoicism• Marcus Aurelius a stoic• Virgil- Aeneid• Ovid- Poetry• Livy- History of Rome (myth)• Tacitus- True history of Rome• Latin Language

– Base for Romance Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, some English

Law

• Rights of citizens• Expanded for all people• Influenced by stoics• Laws Developed by Romans

– Equal treatment– Innocent until proven guilty– Burden of proof on accuser– Only actions are punishable– Laws are amendable

Engineering

• Arch

• Dome

• Concrete

• Coliseum

• Aqueducts

• Roads