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Like the Greeks, Rome wanted their paintings to be incredibly realistic.   Roman artists particually excelled in creating portraits.

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The laws and courts weren't the only things the U.S. copied from the Romans.  They also copied what we call "The branches of government" nowadays.  These branches were the executive, which I now referred to as the president, the legislate, now known as the congress, and the judicial, which is now the judges.

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The Romans invented the road which was a roof formed by the rounded arches.  The Romans made these out of concrete and molded them on the ground and then hoisted the top of the buildings

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The Romans built aqueducts, or human-made channels that carried water from distant mountain ranges into Rome or other cities.

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The Romans built strong bridges that spanned raging rivers.  They had an arch which was the basic structure and were made entirely out of stone.

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Romans used these to unify distant parts of the Empire.  They were made out of concrete blocks in crushed stones and pebbles.

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Romans helped to spread the language, art, philosophy, and architecture of this culture.  Romans copied the use of columns and arches from this cultures.

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Though they were inspired by Greek architecture, the Romans wanted their buildings to be bigger and beautiful.  So, with their engineering skills, they did just that.

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Architecture wasn't the only thing the Romans copied from the Greeks, as they also "borrowed" heavily from earlier Greek examples

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Just like the paintings, the Romans wanted their statues to look amazingly realistic as well.  They wanted the statues to look like they could come alive.  Artists have studied Roman works to learn how to make their own works realistic.

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This form of government influenced many countries.  The Romans used a system in which citizens vote to choose their leaders

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The U.S. copied the Romans just like the Romans copied the Greeks.  Such as the very fact that we have laws today.  The court of law, rules, it's all because of the Romans.

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The Romans made laws, or rules that everybody had to follow, and they had courts for when somebody would break these laws.  The Romans established an idea in which all free citizens would be protected by the law.

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509 B.C.  The Romans overthrew their last king, as he was indeed a tyrant.  They agreed that they did not want another king after this incident. So, they came up with a different form of government.  They thought of a Republic, which indeed worked, so they could vote for their leaders now.  This was the start of something great.

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Yet another thing was carried from 509 before common era into today's world.  You may have read about this earlier in my padlet, so I wont bore you any more.  America has copied a lot of things from Rome, but I believe this was the most important.  Without these laws or court, America would be in more chaos than it already is.