I dedicate this post to my splendid daughter Giorgia 😊 and to
her magnificent intelligence and curiosity for history, cultures, where they
came from and how/why they developed as they are today. This post’s title - for
those not too familiar with the language that developed in English, Spanish,
Romanian and obviously Italian –says: “The Senate and
the Roman people” I can’t explain the reason why I got affected by –
what I’d call the “Latin fever” and it’s due
to the fact that I stumbled a couple of days ago on these 2 websites:
1.
The free online streaming movie “gladiator” and,
2. The
website I put among the usual links I put here below (it’s the link in
orange) that I find it to be great, because it contains all the texts of
plenty writers who lived in Rome when it was an empire (=capital of the entire known
world for about 2.000 years) all listed by name with the possibility to
download the original texts in Latin and several other interesting options,
named “progetto Ovidio” and obviously, made in Italy
3. Of course
this is probably my best way to spend my time doing something that I enjoy since
I was 16 y/o.
But let me give you a panoramic
view of this empire with its influence on us (occidental) and the way we are today.
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The legacy of Ancient Rome in fact is still felt today in
western culture in areas such as government, law, language, architecture,
engineering, and religion (forget NOT that it was the Roman Empire that fully created Jesus, the
Vatican and the entire Catholic religion, today followed by billions of people
around the world). Many modern-day governments are modeled after
the Roman Republic.
Roman literature had a deep impact on the rest of the world,
it is important to note the impact that the Roman language has had on the
Western world. Ancient Romans spoke Latin, which spread throughout the world
with the increase of Roman political power. ... The English alphabet is based
on the Latin alphabet.
Even when the Western Roman Empire started falling to pieces,
it took a long time for it to fall and was still a dangerous enemy in its death
throws. Getting back to the question, Rome is considered so important because it
controlled most of Europe, and a great deal of European culture and customs
date back to roman times.
Romans left an
everlasting legacy by inventing the wooden pulley, aqueducts, and concrete.
These three inventions were stepping stones to the modern technology we have
today. The Roman pulley represents the legacy of the Roman Empire because it
played a critical part in the crane.
The ancient Romans developed many new techniques for buildings
and construction of all types including concrete, Roman roads, Roman arches,
and aqueducts. Public Health Programs: The Romans were great believers in
healthy living. They made sure that all the people of Rome were able to get
medical help.
Today Roman law has been replaced by modern codes. Most
important of all, Roman law will have great significance in regard to the
formation of uniform legal rules which further the process of political
integration in Europe. Roman law is the common foundation upon which the
European legal order is built.
In approximately 600 BC, when the Etruscans occupied Latium
and settled in Rome, the influence of Etruscan civilization and art affected
other Latin towns as Rome itself. ... In fact it was a coalition of Latins and
Greeks that led to the Etruscans' withdrawal from Latium in 475 BC.
The Romans established a form of government — the republic —
that was copied by countries for centuries. In fact, the government of the
United States is based partly on Rome's model. The ladder to political power in
the Roman Senate was different for the wealthy patricians than for the
lower-class, the plebeians.
The fall of the Roman Empire marked the beginning of the
Middle Ages: a period of time known for widespread poverty, religious tyranny,
and intellectual and technological stagnation that lasted for a thousand years.
For about five hundred years (27 BCE through 476 CE), Rome was the most
powerful empire in the world.
Latin and Greek were the official languages of the Roman
Empire, but other languages were important regionally. Latin was the original
language of the Romans and remained the language of imperial administration,
legislation, and the military throughout the classical period (what I find it
to be fascinating is that Latin – dead language – is still used today as the “official”
language in the Vatican Empire and the high levels of the religious curia.
Roman literature had a
deep impact on the rest of the world, it’s important to note the impact that
the Roman language has had on the Western world. Ancient Romans spoke Latin,
which spread throughout the world with the increase of Roman political power. The English alphabet is based on the Latin
alphabet, which came directly from the Phoenician alphabet (I could write yet another
book on this……)
Rome's most obvious strength was its military. The Romans had
the best training and training facilities, the biggest budget and best armory
the world at that time has ever seen. ... Bearing in mind that the Roman Empire
spanned continents as well as vast cultural differences. The Romans were good
at seducing its subjects.
The decline of Rome dovetailed with the spread of
Christianity, and some have argued that the rise of a new faith helped
contribute to the empire's fall (truly??). The Edict of Milan legalized Christianity
in 313, and it later became the state religion in 380 (WOW talk about keeping an historical
perspective….). BUT now go to look and read the websites linked
below and………I’m not offended if you make a small
donation!
- http://www.ushistory.org/civ/6a.asp
- http://www.progettovidio.it/index.asp
- https://www.nationalgeographic.org/news/traces-ancient-rome-modern-world/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_of_the_Roman_Empire
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