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1. Many of the roads that existed 2000 years ago still exist today. Roman roads had created the formula for concrete. This lead to creating roads.
2. By making roads, Romans earned more money form Europe from trading quicker. Back then, Europe and Italy would trade by sea. Now by making roads,its more efficient to trade over land.
3.  The Roman Roads were famous for being very straight and very well made. Because the roads were straight and very well made, this made emperors evade other empires easier and sending messages easier too.

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1. The word aqueduct comes from two root words in Latin. Aqueducts are mostly used to carry water from one place to another. The aqueduct supplied water for many places such as houses, water, etc.
2. The first aqueduct that Rome had built was in 312 BCE. By the 3rd century the Roman empire already had 11 aqueducts.  The first aqueduct was built near a cattle-market.
3. Most of Rome's aqueducts were flat-bottomed. They proved to be reliable and strong. Some of the aqueducts from 2000 years ago are  still in use today. Aqueducts are also known as a trail a railroad, or a bridge of water.

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1. Bridges helped Romans go to neighboring cities, and travel around easier. The bridges could carry heavy weight.  The Roman Empire spread across Europe.
2. Roman bridges often have
arches, such as the one shown below. Arches helped bridges become stronger and more everlasting. It carry more weight than itself.
3.  The bridges reached 26 different modern bridges. The Roman Empire reached 900 bridges across Europe and Asia. When building bridges it wasn't easy because it would be long.

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1. The arches were made to carry pressure in buildings in a specific way.  It is an ancestor of architecture. They were also inferred as round arches.
2.  Arches were first built into bridges. The basic feature of an arch is a keystone. . But Romans were the first to know how to use it.
3. The first arches were used in the Mediterranean sea near Ancient Italy. Many others were also influenced to use arches. Romans would rely on the arches.

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1.The floors in ancient Rome were often decorated with Mosaic. When floors in Ancient Rome were decorated with mosaic often showed wealth and wealth. The rich Romans decorated their main rooms with Mosaic.
2.  Mosaic is a very popular type of art. Mosaic was not only a very popular piece of art, but it was very popular around the roman empire.
3. Many of the mosaics would be created on the walls, ceilings, floors, and bathrooms. The mosaics were water proof and made them shinier; that is why many mosaics were also included in bathrooms. Mosaics in Pompeii were preserved by ash when MT. Vesuvius erupted.

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1. The private sculptures would usually be made because of a funeral. This can also show that the Romans ordering the sculpture can be wealthy because they can afford a sculptor. Sculpting sculptures for a loved one usually was a tradition.
2. Roman sculptures were an expansion of Greek sculptures. The sculptures were also inspired by Greek sculptors. Usually sculptures were to celebrate a festive holiday/ important event.
3. Two types of sculptures are mounted sculptures and standing sculptures. Head and legs would be carved from marble while the body would be out of bronze plates. Usually pieces of the statue that were marble will survive and still exists today.

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1. Usually these paintings were filled with bold and bright colors. Theses paintings were all around Rome. The painting would cover every empty wall.
2. The artists preferred natural colors of the earth. Since they artists preferred natural colors, they used darker tones of colors.
3. Many paintings are 360 while others are just in one wall. Larger paintings were better than a small painting. The paintings become more common since painters wanted an image that's larger than life.

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1. The Romans were the first people to use domes in their buildings. Many buildings were influenced by domes. One example is the Capitol state building of California.
2. The reason on using domes was because of the large space the domes provided. The difficult part of building domes was on getting the big space around the building. Domes were mostly used for government buildings.
3. Although many domes today are used for government, Roman used them to develop more. One dome that the Romans did was the Pantheon. Later many buildings were inspired by this.

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1. The laws that the Roman did protected the rights of the citizens. This helped them from unfair treatment. Many people were grateful of this and were loyal to Rome.
2. Many were proud to be a Rome with all the equal treatment they had in Rome. The equal treatment kept the empire to be strong. Many conquered cities also wanted to be Rome citizens.
3. Every citizen had the right to be innocent until proven guilty in court. Officials also had to follow the law and treat everyone the same as themselves. No one had greater power than anyone else in Rome.

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1. The written laws were written and displayed to the public. Every citizen of Rome knew what were the laws. Theses laws protected citizens. The first laws of Rome were called the 12 round tables.
2. The laws of Rome are part of a legal system. This meant the Rome would enforce the law to the citizens. Emperor Justinian was the one who created the 12 round tables.
3. Many of the first laws allowed marriage between plebeians and patricians. Before the 12 tables there were private laws that only applied to Rome's citizens and not conquered cities. It included bonding with religion, symbolism, etc.

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1. Citizens had the right to vote and run for office. Citizens were the only ones who can run for office. In the 3rd century plebeians also gained citizen and voting rights.
2. These voting rights were also known as a republic. Many officers had meetings and assemblies were hold to decide movements for Rome. Every class came and had to vote, but they were separated based on their class and wealth.
3. Like today, republic would be majority vote and that was the decision Rome would make. When first starting to vote, it was difficult to get everyone in the same place or to find a place big enough. But we have to thank Rome for thinking about republic because if they didn't, we might of had a king.

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1. The columns were made to support arches and carry some of the buildings weight.  They were made by a stone block. After that they would carve it.
2.  The columns were very common in Ancient Rome. They were also used for decoration. Greek and Romans would use it.
3. The four types of arches were Tuscan, Doric, ionic, and Corinthian. Romans were the first to introduce the Tuscan. Tuscan were basic.