The Roman And Roman Rome

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The Western Roman Empire is historically known for their drastic fall. Before they were an empire, 509 BC to 27 BC, they were a republic. The republic ended when Octavian changed his name to Augustus and took control. The empire was preserved from Augustus’s reign in 27 BC to the fall in 476 AD. What caused the fall of the empire? The social and cultural aspect in the Western Roman Empire was declining, as was the economy, which led to the weakening of the military- all causing the fall of the Roman Empire. The Roman culture was being changed dramatically, including the old Roman virtues. The economy was in trouble with jobs and therefore, money. And lastly, what some believe to be the main cause, the inability of the army to hold back the invaders.

Roman Republic, one of the most famous republic in ancient time, established a form of government comprising three main parts: a few magistrates, a Senate, and several assemblies. Roman Republic was the period of ancient Roman civilization starting with the collapse of the Roman Kingdom in 509 BC, and ended in 27 BC with the founding of the Roman Empire. The government had representatives selected by citizen and ended because of the civil war between powerful generals including Antony and Brutus.

What kind of technology in the Roman Empire affect its growth the most? I will be investigating from the start of the Roman Empire in 753 BCE to when the Western Roman Empire fell in 476 CE. This investigation will have a broad scope while investigating and include things from the Roman Legion to aqueducts and concrete. This investigation will not include technology that was not widely used to better the Roman Empire. The research question will answer my question by conducting research on how different groups of technology made the Roman Empire better based off of their potential uses and different contributions to Roman society.

The themes for our topic would be about the falling of Rome and the barbarians that took it down. Our idea was to make a map that would represent the portion of the world where the Romans and other groups were and where they came from. One way that our topic connects to those themes is because of the roman empire crumbling from the inside out. Another way that this topic relates to our theme is that the barbarians played a major key in taking down Rome. As if Rome wasn't struggling already with people rebelling on the inside the outside was facing their own problems with barbarians that basically surrounded Rome.

Amid the Ancient times the Roman Empire is part into east and west with the demise of Theodosius, Roman Emperor from 379 to 395. Theodosius was the last sovereign to control over both the eastern and the western parts of the Roman Empire who made Christianity the Roman realm 's official religion. The Western Roman Empire was the western piece of the Roman Empire which, later, got to be known as The Holy Roman Empire. By 285 CE the Roman Empire had developed so unlimited that it was no more possible to represent all the areas from the focal seat of Rome. The Emperor Diocletian partitioned the realm into equal parts with the Eastern Empire represented out of Byzantium (later Constantinople) and the Western Empire administered from Rome. Both segments were referred to similarly as `The Roman Empire ' albeit, in time, the Eastern Empire would receive Greek rather than Latin and would lose a significant part of the character of the conventional Roman Empire.

The Roman Empire was during a time which the government was head by emperors and they held land around the Mediterranean Sea. The imperial period of Rome was about 1,500 Republican lasted about 500 years. The empires existence was a time where they were political stabile and is known as the Roman Peace. The Victory of Octavian the empire size was increased, when Caligula was kill the senate wanted to restore the republic but instead they invaded Britannia, which was a great expansion since the time with Augustus. In 192 the killing of Commodus caused the year of the five emperors. Constantine adopted Christianity which ended up coming the state religion. Roman Empire was known as the most powerful in culture, politics, and military in the world

History has rarely seen a civilisation that has been as impressive, progressive and triumphant as the Roman Empire. Also remarkable in the fact that it did not conform to Western democracy. Comprised of sizeable portions of the world that ran from the Mediterranean Sea to areas surrounding continental Europe and the Middle East. It was the largest spanning empire the world had ever seen and succeeded in cultural control on the lands and of the people, lasting centuries. The Roman republic lasted from 507 to 31 BCE, the Republic unlike other major historic civilisations, was not run on the idea of democracy. The word Republic comes from the Latin word, res publica. This translates into public business. The Republic was not a democracy in the modern sense whatsoever, however, the similarities are vast and many see the republic as a developed democracy or as Thorkild Jacobsen called it a “primitive democracy.” The class struggle of the empire resulted in a somewhat unusual mixture of democracy and oligarchy. Rome was originally a city-state, an autonomous state, consisting of a city and the area around it that possesses its own government. Citizenship was granted by birth and there was the opportunity to gain citizenship through the process of naturalization. This however led to conflict between the elite, ‘patricians’ and the majority of the population known as ‘plebeians, which became known as the Conflict of the Orders. The basis of Roman law also worked heavily on the

The Roman Empire is known as one of the greatest empires of all time, blossoming politically, economically, and culturally. Rome was quickly expanding, reaching as far as North Africa. When Octavian came into power, the Pax Romana, or “Roman Peace,” began. However, this long peace may have triggered the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire. Because Rome was not distracted by conquering foreign lands, its citizens relaxed and lived in luxury. There did not seem to be any goals they did not meet; they were so blinded by their success that they did not realize complications within their own empire were slowly emerging. Some of these emerging factors that led to the downward spiral of Rome include: the instability and corruption of

Extraordinary, the etymology of the word is suffice to define it. Extra (more than) ordinary (common), so anything that beyond the scope of what our senses are used to can be extraordinary. For example, something that is particularly massive, beautiful, or complex could be described as extraordinary. Ancient Rome in itself is an extraordinary city; a city of over a million people living in a small area yet it was cleanly, massive marble temples and forums are scattered everywhere, and there is a greater diversity of people than anywhere else on earth at that time period. At its height, the empire of Rome covered 1/6 of the ancient world’s lands and stretched from northern Africa to northern Europe, and from Persia to the Atlantic Ocean. Rome’s influence can be seen today in modern government, law, technologies, and many other important “modern” ideas. The technology that Romans developed to become this vast and powerful empire was also extraordinary. In order to maintain a clean place to live and to provide plenty of water for drinking and bathing, an efficient water system was developed. To keep their restless citizens appeased they built the massive and complex Colosseum to hold games in, and in order to maintain the cities infrastructure and justice the expansive and beautifully decorated Roman forums were built. All of these things helped maintain this empire for the 12 centuries it thrived.

Since Ancient times, Roman Architecture has carried on an important legacy, that provided useful yet common techniques that have been applied to build the structures standing tall in todays world. Roman Architects were very advanced for their time. Moreover, they used their knowledge in math, following arithmetics and formulas to draw blueprints to exact specifications. Roman architects strived for “openness” and views unobscured by parts of the building, while inside. To accomplish this, they incorporated domes and arches so that buildings would be strong, yet open and spacious to people inside. Many buildings had very tall ceilings because Architects used domes to help support the building. Domes were important to the structure of the buildings

I will begin by explaining what “concrete and the arch” are all about. Nowadays, a concrete simply means a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water, but in ancient Rome, a concrete is a mixture that included lime and volcanic sand. While arch on the other hand means a curved structure that is usually made of stone, brick, concrete, or, more recently, steel (Visual Arts Encyclopedia n.d.). Below is the development of both concrete and arch, their importance in the life of Rome, as well as the result of using them:

Figure 10 – Excavation of the aqueduct showing the inspection manhole, masonry walls and stone roof

While it is generally accepted that the Roman society was immensely influenced by the Greek culture, such influence was apparently visible in the aspect of architecture. In the Roman society, the use of the arch and concrete in huge open structures became a significant aspect of their buildings, especially in constructing sanctuaries (Pantheon), amphitheaters (Colosseum), baths (Caracalla), theaters, streets, bridges and water passages. For more than 2000 years, the Roman architectural design has remained a dominant force even the Romans culminated the utilization of three compositional components: the arch, the vault, and concrete. Each of these three essential components alleviated the burden conveyed by Roman structures while

In these two examples of architecture and their art; the Catacombs at Villa Torlonia, Rome 3rd C, Menorahs and Ark of the Covenant, and the Catacombs of Commodilla, Rome 4th C, Peter Strikes Water from Rock, Martyrs Felix & Adauctus, Pantocrator, we can see how two pieces of architecture and their art, reinforce Jewish and Christian communities in the way they worship and how that influenced their communities while living in Late Rome.