1. S.P.Q.R.

2. Ebsdorf Mappa Mundi N-S.
Mappa mundi (Map of the World)
Ebsdorf Mappa Mundi N-S.
Ebstorf, 1234

3. “View of the World from 9th Avenue”
Saul Steinberg, 1976

4. ROME Romulus and Remus “Capitoline Wolf”
Portrait of the Emperor Augustus
Walters Art Museum
Augustus of Prima Porta
Vatican Museums

5. Roman Holiday (1953)
Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck

6. Spartacus
Spartacus (1960)
Kirk Douglas

7. Gladiator
Gladiator (2000)
Russell Crowe

8. Astérix Astérix, Obélix and Dogmatix Robert Goscinny and Albert Uderzo

9. S.P.Q.R. THE LEGACY OF ROME How Big was Rome? Roman Monuments
Roman Roads
Roman Law
Roman Language
Roman Empire
The Idea of Rome

10. The Legacy of Rome, or…
“What have the Romans
ever done for us?”

11. How Big Was Rome? The City
Pliny the Elder (c. 7O C.E.): 14 regions, 265 crossroads, 37 gates, roads that total 21,765 paces..
One million inhabitants?
density would be equivalent to modern Hong Kong, 72,150 per sq. km
More likely closer to 500,000

12. How Big Was Rome?
The Empire

13. Roman Monuments in Rome
The Pantheon

14. Roman Monuments in Rome
Circus Maximus

15. Roman Monuments in Rome
Colosseum

16. Roman Monuments in Rome
The Forum

17. Roman Monuments Not in Rome
Hadrian’s Wall, UK

18. Roman Monuments Not in Rome
Le Pont du Gard, S. France

19. Roman Monuments Not in Rome
Le Pont Julien, Provence

20. Roman Monuments Not in Rome
Amphitheatre, Pula, Croatia

21. Roman Roads

22. Roman Roads via Domitia, via Appia, via Salaria…
Standard railway gauge 4 feet, 8.5 inches
Things travel along roads…
Commerce
Culture
Christianity

23. Tabula Peutingeriana http://omnesviae.org/

24. Roman Law Civil Law Corpus Iuris Civilis (Justinian, 6th c.)
Different from English Common Law
Bologna, 12th century
Canon Law
German Civil Law (c. 1900)

25. Roman Language
Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Sardinian, Catalan, Provençal, Rheto-Romansch, Franco-Provençal, and many other less common languages.

26. Roman Empire

27. Roman Breakfast (ientaculum)
Bread
Watered-down wine
Honey
Dates
Olives

28. Garum
“Use fatty fish, for example, sardines, and a well-sealed (pitched) container with a quart capacity. Add dried, aromatic herbs possessing a strong flavor, such as dill, coriander, fennel, celery, mint, oregano, and others, making a layer on the bottom of the container; then put down a layer of fish (if small, leave them whole, if large, use pieces) and over this, add a layer of salt two fingers high. Repeat these layers until the container is filled. Let it rest for seven days in the sun. Then mix the sauce daily for 20 days. After that, it becomes a liquid.”
-- Gargilius Martialis, De medicina et de virtute herbarum

29. Braid Warp and Weft
Romanity
Christianity
Germanity

30. Senatus populusque Romani
S.P.Q.R.
Senatus populusque Romani

31. “The Senate and the People of Rome”

32. The Idea of Rome Romulus and Remus
Tourists’ souvenir of the “Capitoline Wolf”

33. The Idea of New York