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When emperor Nero's wife died he found a boy that look just like her so he made him his wife. Emperor Augustus once witnessed a man about to feed his slave to eels as a punishment for breaking a cup. Augustus freed the slave and broke the rest of the mans cups himself.

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The Roman army had similar ways of functioning  to the U.S. army, Rome has legions and the U.S has divisions. Each legion had a general similar to the U.S Army.

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The Roman were even more inspired about art than in architecture. Both the Roman and the Greeks wanted there statues and paintings to look incredibly realistic.

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The Romans borrowed ideas from the Greek. One idea "borrowed" by the Greeks is the columns included in most Roman buildings.

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Romans made very large stone bridges up to 445ft long. The Romans were able to build this great bridges over raging rivers such as this one below

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Rome influenced the U.S and western civilization in this way too. Rome was the first country that gave women rights to own property.

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This form influenced all of the western world in some way. Letting citizens vote for their leader is one way Rome greatly influenced the west.

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Mosaics are made of little colored tiles.  Romans made mosaics because they would last longer than normal paintings.

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The colosseum was a gift to the people of Rome from the son of emperor Vespasian, Titus. After a long time the people stoped going to the colosseum, for that reason it was used for source material. The colosseum influenced sports stadiums like football and soccer stadiums

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Romans had to find a way to connect the enormous empire so the Romans started to build long roads. The road all together were 250,000 miles long that connected the cities of Rome. These roads were made of concrete, crushed stone and pebbles.

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The first way Rome is the same as The U.S is Rome has Consuls that serve one year but the U.S has presidents that serve four to eight years. The U.S has the Supreme Court and Rome has the court rooms in which in both courts the person in court was innocent until proven guilty. Rome has the senate and The U.S has the House of Representatives.

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A lot of people in Rome thought the ghost of the dead would haunt them if they didn't have a statue of the dead person so people built plenty of face statues. Roman artists always had their statues very realistic just like the Greeks.

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In Rome the first ever aqueduct was invented. The aqueducts were invented because the Romans had to find a way to transport water more easy, instead of transporting water by hand.

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The laws in Rome were written on these 12 tables or tablets. These tables were kept on public display for the public to read

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The dome was invented by the Romans. The dome in Rome was made of molded concrete that was hoisted to the top of buildings.