Roman legacies

The 3 roman legacies are art, language, and architecture. For art there is mosaic. Which is a picture made out of very small color tiles. Places like churches and government buildings still have mosaic. Secondly there is the language. Roman language named Latin is very common to Spanish, Italian, French, and Portuguese. In the Roman Catholic Church 20th century Latin was the official language. Lastly architecture, romans use domes, arches, and vaults. Romans never invented these however they made a better use for it. Roman builders use arches for making aqueducts, a water transportation system.

Roman Governments: Kingdom, Republic, Empire

Many people believed that a powerful group of kings made Rome a kingdom around the 8thcentury B.C. The last king to rule the kingdom was Tarquin the Proud. He often had a harsh hand to people. Then at 510b.c. the people at Rome refuse to be under his hand. So they got their won government and took him down. Then Rome turned into a republic. After the next 500 years they established a government. They created laws and an average citizen had a voice. Things went well during the republic but between 264 and 146b.c. the Romans had a series of wars with the Cartage. They won of course but since they grew so fast and large ii became hard to stable Rome. Finally Rome became an empire. Augustus made Rome to become an empire. He was a careful, kind, and brilliant. He made peace and prosperity to the roman citizens. He called it Pax Romana. He died in A.D 14. Even though he died Rome became stronger than ever. Then Clovis a franks leader took over Rome and that was the end.

Great Romans

Julius Caesar and Augustus were romans greatest people. Julius was the strongest; he was a general of the roman army. Political opponents killed him. He was stabbed to death. Before that he adopted a son named Octavian. He won in many battle and an unchallenged ruler of Rome. Then he changed his name to Augustus or the divine one. He became unstoppable. Hes the reason Rome became an empire.

Roman Gods
Rome had many religious beliefs. Most of Romans are polytheists which are people who believe in more than one god. Even though some people would rather be Christians. Rome has many gods, but the major gods are Apollo, Demeter, Artemis, Hera, Zeus, Ares, Hermes, Athena, Poseidon, Aphrodite, Hestia, and Hephaestus. Augustus was not a god but he said to people that he should be treated as one. People would go to temples to worship them. They often have shrines in their homes.