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To say it myself, a "government" is something that basically defines everything legal about some place, in this case, Rome. A government would give a set of laws to its citizens (which was a very important part of Rome), as well as the "rights and duties of citizens". ("Medieval to Early Modern Times" 26)

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One important part of the Roman government was its citizens. This was actually quite an achievement if you became a citizen. Even the people that were conquered by the Romans wanted to become a citizen! As a citizen, you had rights that others did not have, like the right to vote and the right to hold office, and every citizen was treated the same. As a citizen, you also had to pay your taxes and become part of the army when such time was required, as part of your duty.

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Architecture is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings. It is when you think up of what the building will look like and then build it.

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Art is the expression or application of human creative skills and their imagination and use it to create visual forms to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power such as drawings, sculptures, and paintings.

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Roman artists excelled in creating lifelike portraits. The portraits they created were so realistic we tell what the subject's personality is like. This form of art continued for almost five centuries.

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Roman art is best known for it's realistic sculptures, it was inspired by Greek art. Some examples of the most famous Roman sculptures include the Apollo Belvedere and Barberini Faun, however this sculptures are imitations of Roman Imperial or Hellenistic by historians. In the late 20th century Roman art began to reevaluated on it's own terms.

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Roman Mosaics are throughout the Roman republic and later the Roman Empire. People used Mosaics in a variety of public and private places or buildings on both floors and walls. They were inspired by earlier and contemporary Hellenistic Greek Mosaics and often the Mosaics included famous figures from history or mythology.

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Roman art has influenced us in many ways like our decorations on columns in buildings and the realistic sculptures we created are all inspired by Roman art. We use Roman art like it's pottery, many people still enjoy having their pottery in their homes.

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Example #1 Roman Architecture:  The Colosseum

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Example #1 Roman Architecture:  The Colosseum

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The Colosseum, also known as the Flavian amphitheater, was a giant amphitheater built in Rome. The Romans started building the Colosseum sometime between 70 and 72 CE. It was finished in 80 AD. The amphitheater seated about 50,000 spectators, who watched combats between gladiators, and contests between men and animals. The Colosseum was damaged by lightning and earthquakes and also, even more, by vandalism and pollution.

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Roman laws were pretty important. Every law was written down and publicized, to protect the Romans from anything unfair treatment by others or officials. If you were a citizen, you would be protected by these Roman laws.

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Example #3 Roman Government, The Right to Vote

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Example #3 Roman Government, The Right to Vote

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If you were a citizen in the Roman Republic, you could participate in part of the government. One of the most important aspects of participation in the Roman government was the right to vote. There were these places called "oviles" that held elections, which would hold around 70,000 citizens! Elections were held if there were issues in the Roman Republic.

Sources: ThoughtCo, Textbook

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One thing that really did carry on from the Romans, at least in the United States, is part of its citizenship system. While there were differences with the Romans and which citizenship rights were given to which people, under certain criteria, people in the United States can be citizens. We are all treated equally as citizens (and pretty much everyone else that lives in the United States are also treated equally), similarly to the Romans. Citizens in the United States can vote (but under some regulations), just like the Roman citizens can! The Romans did really shape the citizenship system that is still being used today, even if their citizenship system was kind of different than ours.

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Example #2  Roman Architecture:  The Pantheon

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Example #2  Roman Architecture:  The Pantheon

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The pantheon was first built as a temple to all gods. It has a giant dome with the hole in the top. There are 16 massive Corinthian columns supporting the building weighing 60 tons each! The construction of the pantheon started in 27 bc and was completed around 126-128 A.D. Therefore, it around 4-5 years to complete it.

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Example #3 Roman Architecture: The Catacombs

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Example #3 Roman Architecture: The Catacombs

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Ancient catacombs are underground burial places in and around Rome, mostly used for Christian burials. Researchers have found out that the population's diet contained mostly freshwater fish. Roman catacombs are made up of underground passages, which had a horizontal nitches or holes (loculi) dug in the walls. These loculi could hold 1 or more bodies. Bodies were placed in chambers and bound in linen.

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One way we see the impact of the Roman Empire today is that they created three branches of government in religion which we use. They also invented an underground burial system which we use too.

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An impact of the Roman Empire in our lives is arches and columns. We use columns and arches in our buildings even today. Another impact in our lives are roads, we use them every day.

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Almost every country has laws - same with the Romans! But there are specific parts of the Roman law system that carried on to our law system today. If you were a Roman citizen, you were protected by laws, and officials had to equally treat people. The United States' law system was clearly influenced by the Romans' law system - everyone in the United States is treated equally by officials and if you lived in the United States, you are protected by the government's law. You can clearly see that Roman laws have led the way for other law systems for years to come, even if the Roman Empire died out over 1,500 years ago.

Sources: Aeon.co, textbook

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engineering is the branch of technology about design of machines and structures to overcome problems or make stuff easier

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The Roman arch was the foundation of Rome's architectural mastery and great expanse of building stuff across the world. It allowed the Romans to make bigger buildings, longer roads, and better aqueducts.

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The Romans constructed aqueducts throughout their Empire to bring water from outside places into towns. Aqueduct water was fresh, supplied public baths, and drinking fountains it also supported mining operations, farms, and gardens.

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Roman roads were infrastructure necessary to the maintenance and development of the Roman empire. they were built from about 300 BC through the expansion of the Roman Empire.

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If you have ever seen a modern bridge, you would notice that there are arches in the design. this is something we got from the Romans and is in a lot of buildings today.

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Connection To The Present #2 The Aqueduct

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Connection To The Present #2 The Aqueduct

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In modern engineering, the word aqueduct usually refers to a system of pipes, ditches, canals, tunnels, and supporting structures used to move water from its source to its destination. Such systems generally are used to supply cities and agricultural lands with water. But there are still Rome type aqueducts, for example there is one here in California today.