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The Romans created the idea of democracy out of political struggles and lead onto the Roman Republic. The Romans established a republic, a government in which citizens elected representatives to rule on their behalf. A republic is quite different from a democracy, in which every citizen is expected to play an active role in governing the state.

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The Romans were very advanced for their time. They had built so many buildings and had so many skills that made them advanced, and made them one of the strongest empires. A few of their best engineering jobs were aqueducts, weapons, and roads.

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The Roman architects used many of the same ideas as the engineers. The architects found many ways to make the buildings strong and large. They made the buildings large and strong, but they wanted to make the buildings beautiful because they admired the Greek structures.

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Roman art was heavily inspired by the Greek. The Roman tried to make their art as realistic as possible. For centuries artist have been inspired by Roman art works and have studied them to try and make their art as realistic as their.

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One of the best buildings a Roman engineer made were the aqueducts. The aqueducts were used to transport water from place to place. They were also used to control the use of water in Rome.

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The next thing that Roman engineers made were weapons. Most of their weapons were made of metal such as the pilum but some were more complicated such as the catapult. Both of these weapons were used for wars and invasions but other weapons such as a knife or a sword for gladiator games.

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The last thing Roman engineers made were roads. They were used to lead an armies or traders from place to place. They roads allowed the people of Rome to travel in rainy weather and for it to not flood

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The Roman empire still influences us to this day. Such as how we still use roads and their building have influenced us to make very detailed things.Rome has influenced us to make even more complicated objects.

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One of Romes most iconic pieces of art is called the column of Trajan. The column of Trajan was built to celebrate the Romans victory in the Dacian wars. The column was completed in 113 AD. The Trajan column has inspired many victory columns since it was built.

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The Romans created a democracy out of political struggle, and advanced the Empire further. With the republic, citizens were able to vote, everyone was treated equally, males had to serve in the army, citizens could participate in the government, and everyone had to pay taxes. The laws were written down and kept on public display in order to help protect Romans from unfair treatment.

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Another one of Romes pieces of art  is the Ara Pacis Agustae. it was built in honor of emperor Augustus's return to Rome after going to Gaul and Hispania. It also is to worship the goddess of peace. It was commissioned by the roman senate to be built on July 4th 9 BC

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Another art piece made for a emperor of Rome is the arch of Constantine. It was made to commemorate Constantine's victory against Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge in 312. It is the largest Roman triumphal arch.

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This mosaic was made for Alexander the great. It was  depicting Alexander the greats army fighting Darius iii of Persia having a battle. The mosaic is a imitation of the Apelle's  painting. This mosaic dates back to 100 BC.

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The Romans used their engineering skills to make their buildings larger and better than anything the Greeks had ever built. Civilizations later admired the Roman's architectural ways and then they would copy elements of the Roman designs and the put them on their own buildings. One of the best architectural buildings of Rome was the Roman colosseum. When the colosseum was built in Rome, it had a area of 620 by 523 feet making it the largest and most popular ancient Roman monument.

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The architecture of Rome over the centuries has greatly developed. The architecture continued the legacy left by the earlier architects of the Greek world, and the Roman respect for this tradition and their particular reverence for the established architectural orders, especially the Corinthian, is evident in many of their large public buildings.The Pantheion, is a former Roman temple, now a church, in Rome, Italy, on the site of an earlier temple commissioned by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus.

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The theatre of Marcellus was the largest and most important theatre in Rome and completed in the late 1st century BCE during the reign of Augustus. The building project began by Julius Caesar but not completed until the reign of Augustus. The emperor dedicated the theatre to his nephew son of Octavia who had been his heir prior to his early death in 23 BCE.

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The Roman government changes as it gained more land. Once ruled by kings, then ruled by elected politicians,  Rome was a Republic. As Rome became more powerful the people started to revolt; to take control over the territory, Rome was turned into an Empire. The emperor had the power to raise taxes, punish criminals, declare war, lead religious events, elect and nominate public officials. 

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The Roman government changes as it gained more land. Once ruled by kings, then ruled by elected politicians,  Rome was a Republic. As Rome became more powerful the people started to revolt; to take control over the territory, Rome was turned into an Empire. The emperor had the power to raise taxes, punish criminals, declare war, lead religious events, elect and nominate public officials. 

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Citizens carried legal and social advantages, such as, the right to vote, the right to hold position in office, the right to make contracts, the right to own property, the right to have children and a lawful marriage, the right to sue in court and be sued, the right to a legal trial with a judge, pay taxes, and males had to serve in the military. Since everyone was treated equally the laws were displayed publicly. The law of the state applied only to its citizens. Foreigners had no rights and, unless protected by some treaty between their state and Rome they could be taken away as pieces of property by any Roman.

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The senate was meant to discuss important government issues; senators were usually retired magistrates who knew a lot about the government of Rome. There were also tribunes who made sure everyone was treated fairly. The citizens of Rome voted for two consuls. They were elected to serve for one year and had to govern Rome; they had to both agree on all decisions. After they had served their year they were replaced and not allowed to be consuls again for ten years.

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Numerous modern-day governments were designed like the Roman Republic. The United States has three branches of government similar to the Roman Republic. The Executive Branch is close to the elected consuls of Rome. The Legislative Branch is similar to the Roman assemblies, such as the Senate. Even the Judicial Branch is similar to the Praetors of Rome. Many of the laws and the rights of the citizens were derived from the Romans, like the right be innocent until proven guilty and voting for council members. Without the Romans developing these forms of government we probably wouldn't have most of the rights we have today.

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many of today's art forms are inspired by the Romans. For example there are sculptures today depicting presidents and important people. During the Roman times there were sculptures depicting emperors and celebrities. Today there are monuments built to honor leader just like how in Roman times they made monuments to celebrate their leaders victories. although they were not the first ones to do their kind of art they did inspire the new age of art.

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The roman empire influences us today. Many official buildings in the US are very strongly influenced by Roman architecture. The most obvious one is the White House which displays Roman influences in the arches and columns on the exterior.