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The Roman Achievement 5.3. Objectives. Summarize works of Roman literary figures, historians and philosophers. Describe art and architecture developed by the Romans. Explain how Rome’s legal codes protected everyone in the empire. Literature, History, and Philosophy.
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Objectives • Summarize works of Roman literary figures, historians and philosophers. • Describe art and architecture developed by the Romans. • Explain how Rome’s legal codes protected everyone in the empire.
Literature, History, and Philosophy • From which culture did the Romans borrow from? • The Romans thought Greek art, literature, and philosophy were the pinnacle of cultural achievement • Trade and travel helped to expand ideas within the empire, created “Greco-Roman” culture
Literature, History, and Philosophy • Virgil – Aeneid, helped to unite Rome • Satire • Historians – tell story of the Empire, positive and negative Virgil and Two Muses, Mosaic, Tunisia
Sculptorscontrapposto • Sculptors wanted to create realistic statues Augusta di Prima Porta Julius Caesar
Science and Engineering • Romans developed domes, arches, and built roadways. • Ptolemy – proposed Geocentric theory
New Law Codes Protect the Empire • Civil law - applied to Roman citizens only -problem? • Law of Nations – applied to all people under Roman rule, even non-citizens. • Rome eventually extended citizenship across the empire, merging both laws.