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Roman Empire
Pascal H.
Rome Wasnt Built in a Day (Introduction)
Rome was a prosperous city that thrived from around 700 BC to around 20 AD. It was an
enormous empire, one of the largest ever*, spanning Europe and parts of Asia and Africa.
Its inhabitants created many innovations that shape our lives today, and their architecture
is truly phenomenal. They were an empire that for a long time had their government like
democracy.
A connection between the Roman Empire and texts nowadays is simply* Latin, a language
created by them. This is a connection to text because many poems and scripts have Latin in
them, and Latin is a language that one could use to write a book.
Big Idea
We can learn from Rome that even the greatest of civilizations can and will fall. We can
learn from them their flaws and how to prevent them to not allow the same thing to occur
to us. For example, an easy one to prevent or help prevent would be cleanliness/waste of
resources, which we are already trying to put into effect here in California. Another
problem is that of corrupt emperors, which we dont have because of our democratic way of
ruling the country.
At the same time, we should also be looking at what made them such a great civilization,
and we should advance and enhance those parts of our own civilization, such as (debatably
too much) the military spending and size, which surpasses literally all other spending in the
US at almost $600 Billion. Overall, we should expand on what made them great, but try to
minimize in our civilization what brought about their downfall.
Overall (Conclusion)
The Roman Empire is indisputably one of the largest and most influential civilizations on
Earth, influencing our books, films, myself and even our world as a whole! Even though it
no longer exists, the inventions the people of Rome created changed the way we lived. The
calendar, which we effectively live by, was improved and reintroduced by Julius Caesar, a
leader of Rome. Concrete, the substance that is used still today to create foundations and
sidewalks, was invented by the romans. Yet another simple yet innovative concept that was
introduced first in Rome were both pipes and aqueducts. Many people in California rely on
an aqueduct for water, which the pipes bring directly to their homes. Obviously, the Roman
Empire, albeit destroyed, still continues to affect us to this very day. Here, I pose you two
questions. 1.) Where would we be without Rome? And 2.) What can we learn from the
Romans?