Romans Positively Affected Our Society

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The ancient Romans have many achievements. Some of these achievements have positively affected our society today. Three of these achievements have to do with roads, architecture, and technical advances. One of the three achievements are their roads. Without the roads, the Romans would get stuck in mud. Once they made the roads, they would not get stuck in the mud. We followed their example and created roads. Romans created roads so that they would have something to drive on. We followed in their footsteps and created roads so that now we also have something to drive on. Another way that the Romans benefited from their roads was to make it easier for their troops to travel. We use our roads in that way today, too. The fourth and

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