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1. The roads provided efficient means for the overland movent of armies, officials,and civilians and the use of trading goods.
2. The use of roads made it easier to get around your town or city. Those roads were smaller too. The bigger roads were used to connect towns to cities.
3. We have roads too and we mostly use them the same way. We drive on roads to get somewhere and we use the big roads that are called highways, to get to cities or towns.

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1. Roman bridges were built by ancient Romans. They were also the first large bridges that were built.
2. The Romans built the bridges using stone and concrete. They had arches as the basic structure.
3. We also have bridges today and we used them to get over things like bodies of water and maybe over mountains and hills. We also have roads over them too.

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1. The Romans  constructed aqueducts throughout their empire. They used them to bring water from outside sources into their cities.
2. The aqueducts moved water through gravity. Along a slight downward gradient. Also if the gradient is steeper the water will flow faster.
3. Conduits were buried beneath the ground and followed the contours of the terrain. We use aqueducts today, In California we have a huge aqueducts all over our state.

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1. Roman arches were used in most of Rome’s architecture. They used them to build bridges, aqueducts, sewers,amphitheaters, and triumphal arches.  Some arches were used in the colosseum.
2. Roman arches were made out of stone and concrete. Romans were the first to perfect the looks of arches. They also helped support bridges and aqueducts.
3. Arches were used in domes  and even some homes. Arches were in paleness and even at one time used as city gates. There is a different type of arch and it was called a triumpful arch and it was used to congratulate military and new empiors.

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1. The romans were the first builders to realize the potential of domes. Domes were usedin  temples, palaces, and churches.
2. Monument domes began to appear in the 1st century BC in Rome. The constitution of domes was made easier by the invention of concrete.
3. Their were also half-domes also became a favored architectural  element. The half-domes were adopted as Christian architecture.

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1. Open spaces, or public areas are called Forum. Open spaces were surrounded by homes and public buildings. They were used as a gathering place or as a market place.
2. The space was generally paved and festal, occasions chariot were driven through it. It was enclosed by gates at the entrances .
3. Some times they were used for ceremonies and monuments. Some times they were used for gladiatorial games too.

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1. Roman columns were a mayor part of Roman Architecture. Roman coloumns often had symbols, friezes, and bas reliefs. Some columns were called victory columns to show success in the military.
2. You can find some columns at the colosseum. Ancient Roman columns are often a feature of temples, although they tended not to have any overt religious symbolism.
3. Columns were often used as a support beam or arches. The purpose of Roman columns was a to provide a vertical structural elements.

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1. Roman law is the legal system of Ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousands of years. Roman laws formed the basic frame work for the civil law.
2. One law that has been used in the u.s. is that, no one is guilty until proven to be. The first legal text is the law of the twelve tables, dating from the mid-5th century BC. They have written the laws to prevent people from doing what ever they want and to keep people safe.
3. The Romans overthrew the last trustcun king who had ruled Rome for years. They did this because he was a tyrant and after that they never wanted a king again.

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1. The Romans established the idea that all free citizens would be protected by the law. Rome also had a  council that made up of plebeians. This assembly would eventually be able to pass laws for Rome.
2. Rome was divided into two groups. The patricians and the plebeians. Those were the rich land owners.
3. The other group of people were the plebeians. They were farmers and sore owners/ merchants. Males in both groups could vote but the plebeians took time for them to vote.

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1. One of the most important area of influence was was the law. Earlier in passage, the idea of “ innocent until proven guilty” was created in Rome and we use that law in our  court  system today.
2.  Many countries, including the United States, have since then used the republican Rome has modeled for their own governments, requiring that all laws have to go through two legislative bodies. It is a pattern continued in almost every democratic constitution.
3. Romans military and colonial towns were laid out like a highly planned grid. We have Colonia towns or military bases designed like that too.

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1. The Roman  republic set the example for future Europe and America.An assembly for citizens to elected two consuls happen every two years. Those elected officials controlled the government and army.
2. They also had a senate. At times of war the senate would elect a dictator to rool over the army and the government.
3. The Romans also had three branches of government like we do. We also have elected officials too. We will get more on that in the next column because has influenced us a lot.

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1. We have roads today. we used them like the Romans did, like to get to other towns and cities.
2.  We also used the same architecture that the Romans used. We have arches in our bridges and we have columns in some our buildings for example the supreme court has columns.
3. Their are domes in our buildings too. One good example is the U.S. Capital has a dome too. I think it so amazing that a ancient empire has affected us in so many ways.