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