Ancient Rome was a strong and growing Empire founded in 650 BC. Rome has many interesting features including their language and numeral system, their fascinating culture, and their extraordinary architecture.
Ancient Rome’s official language was Latin, nowadays they speak Italian. Well as Rome spoke their language, they also developed an amazing numeral system called the Roman Numerals. As romannumerals.co.uk says “ the history of the numerals follows the history of ancient Rome itself, from the begginings at the latin platine hill in 8th and 9th century bc to its fall in the 2nd century ad” Roman Numerals were used in various ways such as recording numbers in stone, art, and coins.
Through the Greeks, Rome had adopted much culture, mostly including art. Roman art was developed and improved by copying off of greek statues. Statues were a main creation of Roman artists, the statues were made with clay or marble, and with metal sometimes added. these statues are usually made of …show more content…
One of the most famous architectural pieces is the Colosseum. Built around 80 a.d. and 70 a.d. the Colosseum was home to many gruesome fights, and is now a magnificent tourist attraction. Another amazing piece of architecture by Ancient Romans is the Pantheon. The Pantheon was considered a holy place where Romans would worship many gods and goddesses. In this place Romans would also make sacrifices to the gods and goddesses. Ancient Romans also valued literature, and their libraries were quite fascinating! Rome’s first public library was founded by Asinius Pollio. Asinius decorated this quite delightful place of literature with statues of the most adored heros as well as other famous art works open to the …show more content…
Ancienhistory.about.com quotes “ The split of an eastern and western empire may have cause the fall of Rome.” So around 476 A.D. Rome, one of the most fascinating ancient empires,
Ancient Rome’s official language was Latin, nowadays they speak Italian. Well as Rome spoke their language, they also developed an amazing numeral system called the Roman Numerals. As romannumerals.co.uk says “ the history of the numerals follows the history of ancient Rome itself, from the begginings at the latin platine hill in 8th and 9th century bc to its fall in the 2nd century ad” Roman Numerals were used in various ways such as recording numbers in stone, art, and coins.
Through the Greeks, Rome had adopted much culture, mostly including art. Roman art was developed and improved by copying off of greek statues. Statues were a main creation of Roman artists, the statues were made with clay or marble, and with metal sometimes added. these statues are usually made of …show more content…
One of the most famous architectural pieces is the Colosseum. Built around 80 a.d. and 70 a.d. the Colosseum was home to many gruesome fights, and is now a magnificent tourist attraction. Another amazing piece of architecture by Ancient Romans is the Pantheon. The Pantheon was considered a holy place where Romans would worship many gods and goddesses. In this place Romans would also make sacrifices to the gods and goddesses. Ancient Romans also valued literature, and their libraries were quite fascinating! Rome’s first public library was founded by Asinius Pollio. Asinius decorated this quite delightful place of literature with statues of the most adored heros as well as other famous art works open to the …show more content…
Ancienhistory.about.com quotes “ The split of an eastern and western empire may have cause the fall of Rome.” So around 476 A.D. Rome, one of the most fascinating ancient empires,