CONTRIBUTIONS OF ROMAN CIVILIZATION
· Roman law and principles of governance are Rome’s greatest contribution to the world.
· So complete was Rome’s system of road linking all parts of empire that people could say ‘all roads lead to Rome’.
· The roman developed their own alphabet and the Latin language became the language of all educated people in Western Europe. Latin words are still widely used in science, and Latin is the basis of several European languages – esp. French, Spanish & Italian.
· Lucretius, Cicero, Marcus Aurelius & Seneca were the famous roman philosophers.
· Horace (‘odes’) Virgil (‘annelid’) were the famous roman poets.
· Tacitus (‘annals’ & ‘histories’) was the most famous roman historian and plink, the elder, was the famous roman historian.
· The Romans were the inventors of concrete and could firmly cement bricks and stones together. They also introduced two architectural also introduced two architectural improvements – the arch and cupolas or domes.
· Fights between gladiators or between a gladiator and a wild animal, wee a popular roman amusement. Special arenas or amphitheatres were built for these contests. The ruins of the coliseum, one of the greatest of arenas, can be seen in the Rome.
SEVEN WONDERS OF ANCIENT WORLD.
· hanging garden of Babylon
· pyramids of Egypt
· the pharaoh at Alexandria
· status of Zeus at olympis
· Colossus at Rhodes -912 ft. statue of hellos, the sun god, stands at one side of the harbors.
· Temple of Diana at Ephesus (Rome)
· Mausoleum of mausolus (ruler of Halicarnassus).