World History I

World History I

World History IUnit Six Block Six LectureRoman InnovationsMake sure that you are viewing this in Slide Show format. Click on Slide Show and push from beginning. Move through the presentation by pushing on the up and down arrows on your keyboardClick me

An Invention is when a person or civilization creates something new

An innovation is when a person or civilization takes something that already exists and makes it better

For example, the Greeks invented the concept of direct democracy, but the Romans turned that idea into representative democracy Invention verses innovation

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The Forum is the heart of commerce, business, and administration of justice

The Pantheon (118 to 125 CE/AD) is a temple at the center of the Forum

The Coliseum (80 CE/AD) or Flavian Amphitheatre is the largest type of this building in the world

Roman arches are structurally superior to previous arches

Corinthian Columns are architecturally advanced compared to Greek ColumnsInnovations in Art and ArchitectureClick Here

Ptolemy (90 to 168 CE/AD) is a Roman astronomer who set forth that the Earth was the center of the universe

Roman roads were large all weather roads built to promote safe travel and built to last (see last class)

Aqueducts provided a clean source of water from distant sources to the City of Rome and also took the polluted water out of the city (yuck!)Innovations in Science and TechnologyClick me

Good try but very wrong

Rome Establishes the first formal medical schools in western civilization

Rome creates of a public water system where people drink clean water and wastewater is sent out of the city

Roman public baths allow for daily bathing and are heated by giant furnacesInnovations in health and medicineClick meClean, not nasty, back in the day!

Latin is the root of all romance languages and the language of the Catholic Church (here we go with Christianity)

Virgil writes the Aeneid, the story of a Trojan who travels to the Italian Peninsula and becomes a Roman ancestor (29 to 19 BCE/BC)

Innovations in Language and Literature Click HereShe approves of the undertakings? huh?

New order of the ages? Cmon dollar bill makers!

The Twelve Tables are expanded during the Roman Empire (originally Greek law dealt with citizenship and the rule of law)

Roman Innovations in the law include:

Everyone is innocent until proven otherwise.Everyone has the right to defend themselves in front of a judge. The judge must take every piece of evidence into consideration.Innovations in the Law

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These are our basic legal principles today!

Innovations in Religion (or is it a revolution?)Click HereInnovation - Roman mythology adopts aspects of multiple conquered religions (including Greece)

Revolution - Christianity will overtake Roman civilizationChristianity is first outlawed in Rome (example, Paul executed 62 CE/AD)

Christianity is accepted in Rome when Emperor Constantine converts and recognizes the church in 313 CE/AD

Christianity is adopted as the official Roman imperial religion by Emperor Theodosius I in 380 CE/AD

This guy is going to change everything!