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According to Wikipedia, and study.com, engineering is a scientific field, in which the scientific principles and knowledge of engineering are used. These skills are used to build and design machines, structures, and other items, such as roads, tunnels, or bridges. An article called Engineering from Wikipedia states, " Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings."

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Engineering in Rome included aqueducts, bridges, and roads. These engineering achievements contributed to Rome, since it generated much wealth and prosperity, and helped maintain its dominance in Europe and the Mediterranean for centuries.

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An aqueduct is an example of engineering in Rome. An aqueduct is an artificial channel, that transports water from one place to another. The aqueduct provides a sufficient, and controlled water supply, to meet basic needs, such as irrigation. The water supply in the aqueducts often came from distant mountains ranges. Rome's first aqueduct was built in 312 CE.

An Aqueduct

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According to Wikipedia, architecture is the process of planning, designing, and building structures. In the Roman Empire, they used concrete and newer technology, such as the arch and the dome, to make their structures and buildings more stable. The Roman architects wanted their buildings beautiful, because they appreciated the Ancient Greek structures.

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The large, magnificent bridges built in Rome, starting in the second century BCE is an example of engineering in Rome. An example of a stone bridge in Rome is the Pons Aemilius. Pons Aemilius was 135 meters, (443 feet) long. Around mid second century BCE, the Romans started to use concrete, to make their bridges, which greatly increased the durability of the bridges. The roman engineers, and builders began to fully understand the advantages of using arches in their bridges. The roman bridges had voussoirs, which were arches that were wedge shaped. This helped evenly distribute the weight, so the life span of the bridge increased.

Pons Aemilius

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The excellent roman roads is an example of engineering in Rome. During the Empire, the roads stretched from northern England, to southern Egypt, with the total length of 120,000 km (74,565 miles). The roads were used to trade, travel, efficiently deploy armies, and to maintain control over the vast Empire. When the roads were being built, the builders, and army men who helped build the bridges encountered major problems, such as massive land evacuation, and transport for materials, especially over long distances. The roman roads had many layers that built them up. The layers in order included curb stones, rocks or gravel, finer gravel, and finally large polygonal rock slabs.

A Roman Road

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The Roman engineering has greatly influenced us, in present day. In fact, the Roman engineering techniques are used in the average community. The Roman roads has given us the ability to travel efficiently from place to place. If this engineering achievement hadn't been attained, then it would have been quite difficult to travel quickly, and efficiently.

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The Roman architect made this structure look beautiful. The purpose of the Pantheon Dome was dedicated to Romulus, after he went to heaven. The Pantheon Dome is made out of concrete, and as the dome gets higher, the lighter the rock material is in the concrete. On the outside of the Pantheon Dome, there is a thin brickwork cover. The architect who built the Pantheon Dome was Apollodorus of Damascus.

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The architect who built the Colosseum was Vespasian. The Colosseum symbolizes power, genius, and brutality for the Roman Empire. The Colosseum was made with travertine limestone, concrete, and volcanic rock. The Colosseum had arches all around, because arches hold more weight than beams in a structure. The Colosseum was an amphitheater, that held the Gladiator Games for the entertainment of others.

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Roman portrait

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A Roman painting

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Today you can see Roman art in the form of mosaic art

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Roman art consisted of statues,paintings, and portraits which is what the Romans were good at. The Roman artist goal was to try to make their art work so realistic that it would look like it could come to life.
In fact the Romans would make their art so life like that the viewer would be able to tell what it was about. That is why for many centuries many other artist studied Roman art to learn their techniques. These techniques are still carried out in modern day.

Roman statue

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The Circus Maximus was the largest and first stadium in the Roman Empire. The architect for this structure was Lucius Tarquinius Priscus. The stadium held Chariot Races, and celebrations for religous events. The structure is three stories high, and was made of stone. The architects made the Circus Maximus have a capacity to seat 150,000 to 250,000 people.

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The White House has been influenced by the Roman Empire architecture. On the exterior of the White House, there are arches and columns, which were just some of the elements the Roman Empire created, and used in their buildings. As time goes on, there is going to be more efficient ideas to build structures, but the Roman Empire built strong and beautiful structures with the material they had. Based on the this information, we can determine that the Roman Empire architecture was advanced, and impactful to our lives today.

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A Roman Road

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A Road in Present Day