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1. The first Roman road was the Appian way built by Appius Claudius in 312 BCE.
2. The roads were built with compacted sand or dry earth, on top of that was crushed rock, then crushed rock,gravel in cement mortar, on top of that was sand, gravel, and cement mixed toghether, and finally at the top is large stone slabs.
3. The Romans built their roads as straight as possible so they could travel quicker

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1. Aqueducts were used to carry water into city's and towns from outside sources.
2. The first Roman aqueduct was built by Appia Claudius in 312 BCE.
3. There were over 1000 aqueducts built from 312 BCE until the end of the Roman Empire.

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1. The oldest bridge in Rome is the Pons Fabricius still located in Italy today.
2. Roman bridges were built with stones and arches was the basic structure for the bridges.
3. Roman engineers were the first and only ones to build bridges with concrete until the industrial revolution.

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1. Roman arches were made with concrete, brick, steel, or stone.
2. The Romans used arches to make bigger buildings, longer roads, and better aquducts.
3. There was actually eighty arches in the Colosseum.

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1. Roman columns were made with stone blocks that were carved.
2. There are three types of columns the romans created: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian.
3. In the Parthenon the romans used Doric columns.

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1. The worlds largest dome is the unrienforced concrete dome in the Panthenon.
2. The Romans combined arches to create a ceiling or roof called a dome.
3. The Romans were the first builder to see the potential of domes.

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1. The 12 Tablets was one of the Romans Laws written in 450 B.C.
2. The Romans divided there laws into three: the civil law, the law of the people, and the natural law.
3. To the Romans if there laws were not written down it felt that it may cause doubt or uncertainty.

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1. The first branch was the legislative which was the senate made up of 300 men.
2. The second branch was the executive made by 2 consuls.
3. The third branch was the judicial branch who were elected yearly and acted as judges.

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1. The Roman Republic began with the overthrow of the king and the Roman Kingdom.
2. The Roman Republic started 509 B.C and ended 27 B.C.
3. In this republic only men were allowed to vote wether they were patricians or plebeians.

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1. The US also has 3 branches of government. The legislative which is the congress, the Judicial is the supreme court, and the Executive which is the president.
2. In our government we can also vote for our leaders.
3. The Romans and the US have the same law of being innocent until proven guilty.

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1. We can see roman architecture like domes, we can see a dome in the state capital.
2. Our city hall has arches.
3. The Supreme Court of the US has columns.

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1. We have roads in fact we drive on them.
2. We have an aqueduct in California.
3. The Golden State Bridge is located in San Francisco it was roman contributions because they also built bridges