2. Arch Dome Concrete Bridges Architecture and Technology :

3. Pantheon: Temple for the Roman gods

4. Colosseum: Arena for gladiator fights and mock battles

5. Circus Maximus: Track for races, horse/chariot

6. The Forum: main market square and meeting place

7. Roman Bathhouses: public, every city had one

8. Roman Roads: built to every part of the empire to move armies and help trade

9. Aqueducts: carried water into the city, inverted siphon

10. Greco-Roman Culture: The Romans admired the Greeks and copied them. This is greatly seen in art and literature.

11. Epicurus: Epicureanism The way to gain happiness is to free the body from pain and free the mind from fear. Philosophy

12. Zeno: Stoicism Encouraged virtue, duty, endurance and courage. Pain and pleasure were unimportant

13. Poetry Virgil= Aeneid, similar to Homer’s epics Ovid= comic poems History Livy= History of Rome, mythical Tacitus= more factual, showed the good and bad of Rome

14. Art: Roman art was more realistic than Greek art Bas-relief

15. Mosaics

16. Frescoes: Paintings on the walls

17. Latin: Romance Languages (from Rome) such as French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian are all based on Latin. There are Latin roots in many of the words and phrases we use today.

18. Roman Numerals: Seen on faces of clocks, movie credits, outlines, etc. I=1 V=5 X=10 L=50 C=100 D=500 M=1000

19. Julian Calendar: 12 months of 30-31 days Except February Leap Years Emperors changed names of months as they wished. July= Julius Caesar, August= Augustus

20. Law: All persons had the right to equal treatment under the law. A person was considered innocent until proven guilty. The burden of proof rested with the accuser rather than the accused. A person should be punished only for actions, not thoughts. Any law that seemed unreasonable or grossly unfair could be set aside.

21. On one side of the index card, draw and color a picture of something/someone you would have seen on a visit to Rome during the Empire On the other side, write a message to a friend, parent, or favorite history teacher describing with detail at least 5 people, things, or events you saw, heard, or experienced while visiting the Roman Empire.