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I see an example of the Roman government in America today because just like the ancient Romans, we have three branches of government and choose our leader by voting.  We also have a law that states that everyone is innocent until they are proven guilty. Another similarity I see in America today is the aqueducts. The California aqueduct is very similar to the aqueducts that were built in ancient Rome.  I also notice that our roads are also paved over just like Rome's roads. However, our roads are not paved with pebbles, stones, and concrete, but they are paved with asphalt.

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In ancient civilizations women we treated very different than Men, but in Rome, things were different. In Rome, women were allowed to own property, have political influence, and own businesses. If I was able to choose which ancient civilization to live in, I would most definitely choose Rome.

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Etruscan art was used until 390 bc and was based on the Etruscan kings.  As stated by ancient-rome.biz, the Etruscan style was sculptures in bronze, but if is was a sculpture of a God, the material that was used was baked clay. The paintings in this style was of conquering cities.

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The Romans introduced many different styles of architecture and ways to build temples and other things.  According to unrv.com,  one of the styles is the Doric style, it is used to hold up large and heavy buildings and is not very attractive.  A second style is the Ionic style which has the same purpose of the Doric style but is way more attractive. And finally, the Corinthian style which is clearly fancier than all of the other styles of architecture.

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One of the things that you may not consider engineering but I actually do.  According to history.com, the Romans invented newspaper and bound books.  Until the Romans, most stories were written on clay tablets, the Romans used wax to bound the pages together. The newspaper that was created by The Romans was posted in highly populated areas for all people to see.

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The form of government that was used in Rome was much different than any other form of ancient government. The Romans used a system very similar to the one in America. The Romans had the citizens vote for their leaders and had three branches of government

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The Romans mostly used their paintings for decorative purposes.  According to Scholastic.com, the Romans paintings were done on wet plaster and were used to make the room seem bigger by the indentation of the paintings. The small, flat paintings that you see on the walls of your house, are the complete opposite of the paintings that were in ancient Rome.

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ROMAN PANTHEON

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The Romans did not only use the ideas of the ancient Greeks for artistic reasons, they also used their ideas for architecture.  From the culture, the Romans got ideas to have arches and colomuns in front of many of their buildings.  As you can see in the images below, you can see the similarities between the Greek and the Roman Pantheon.

GREEK PANTHEON

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In early Rome, their roads were originally made with dirt. After awhile they decided to pave their roads with concrete blocks along with crushed stones and little pebbles too. The Romans paved all 250,000 miles of their roads using the method stated above.

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Rome had a system of laws, most commonly called the twelve tables. They were displayed for all Romans to have a guide on what to do and what not to do. One of the most commonly known laws is that one person is innocent until proven guilty, which is used in a government today.

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Romans first started to do art in 500 bc, and they were influenced by Greek art in 100 bc. According to Quatr.com, the Romans took spectacular Greek artists on ships to create art for Rome, they mostly took the people to be their slaves. They were also influenced by the fancy curves in front of many  Roman and Greek sculptures.

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aqueducts were used in Rome to transfer water to places that were far away from a water source. There are different styles of aqueducts such as ones that are raised off of the ground and ones that are like man-made rivers. Aqueducts can take water from almost any water source like wells, springs, lakes, and reservoirs.

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The dome was invented by the Romans and was used on the Pantheon.  The dome is built by using rounded arches and was used to make the architecture more useful by creating a hole in the top and being able to tell time by the shadow of the sun.