The Roman Empire and Christianity

Roman Culture and Its Legacy

Seat work Students will quietly enter the room, find your seats and discuss your three sticky notes on pages 396-401 with your row group.

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What continued to be an important world language long after the fall of the Roman empire? Latin men who fought one another as part of a public entertainment Gladiators languages that developed from Latin romance languages
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Key Ideas
The Romans made many achievements in art, literature, and science. Latin continued to be an important world language long after the fall of the Roman empire. The Romans pioneered large-scale public entertainment.

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Key Terms
romance languageslanguages that developed from Latin
oratorythe art of giving speeches satirework of literature that makes fun of its subject

gladiatorsmen who fought one another as part of a public entertainment

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Roman Art and Language

How was Roman art initially similar to and different from Greek art? How did the Latin language spread across the empire?

What are some ways that Latin appears in English today?

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Who were some important Roman writers?

Oratory Cicero wrote and delivered great speeches on issues of the day. Poetry Virgil wrote epic poems, Horace wrote odes, and Ovid wrote witty verses. Satire Juvenal made fun of the Roman people and their government.

Philosophy Seneca wrote about the philosophy of Stoicism, which urges people to practice self-control.
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Who were some important Roman scientists?

Astronomy and Mathematics Ptolemy wrote about the organization of the universe, geography, and the study of light. Medicine Galen learned through dissection that arteries and veins carry blood.

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What did Romans do for fun?

Gladiatorial games were fights between men or groups of men, staged for entertainment. Gladiators also fought exotic animals. Chariot races were between teams of horses pulling people on chariots.

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