G.S Roman Achievement
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- Galon
- A greek doctor- he advanced the frontiers of medical science by insisting on experiments to prove a conclusion. He also compiled a medical enclopedia that remained in its standard text for 1,000.
- Aqueduct
- Are bridgelike stone structures that brought water from the hills into the Roman cities.
- Pantheon
- This is Romes most famous domed structure, a temple to all the Roman gods (it still stand today).
- satirize
- To make fun of- The roman poets satirised the Roman Society.
- Greco-Roman Civilization
- The Romans first adsorbed ideas from the Greek colonists in S Italy, and even after Rome conquered Greece.This led to the blending of Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman traditions known as the Greco-Roman Civilization.
- Law of Nations
- The second system of laws that replaced the civil law ( bec it ruled out many foriegners) ;it aplied to all people under roman rule ( citizen or not). Eventualy these 2 systems merged when Rome expanded citizenship across the whole empire.
- Virgil (Poetry)
- Wrote an epic poem called the AENEID; it potrays Romes past as a heroic one just as that of the Greeks. This poem was written after Augustus came into power.His hope was that it would arouse patriotism & help unite Rome after yrs of civil war.
- Engineering
- The application of science and mathamatics to develope useful structures & machines.(ROman Engineering built harbors, roads, bridges and aqueducts thoughtout the Roman Empire).
- mosaic
- A picture made from chips of colored stone or glass( this is in conjuction with Roman Art-- Romans beutified their homes(Pompii- city burried by volcanoe).
- Civil Law
- During the republic this system of law applied to Roman citizens.
- Livy (History)
- A Rome historian who sought to rouse patriatic feeling& restore Traditional virtues of the Romans by recalling the heroic images of Romes past( gr8t heroes as Horatius, and Cincinnatus).