Ancient Romans

Western Civilization has been influenced in many different ways. Ancient Romans were a major part of influencing modern western civilization. The ways that they influenced this was by engineering, architecture, literature. Engineering included aqueducts and roads. Architecture helped with columns, archways, and domes on building. People like Pliny and Virgil helped literature. They wrote literature that was heroic to the past.

Engineering in ancient roman civilization was a major factor in influencing western civilization today because of the aqueducts, bridges, harbors, and roads that were built. The Roman e

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They went to the baths not only to bathe, but also to talk about the latest gossip. They allowed for roofing large spaces. Aqueducts are bridge like stone structures that brought water from the hills into Roman cities. They improved many things, such as the arch and the dome.

Literature, engineering, and architecture in ancient roman times improved modern western civilization by many factors. Virgil wrote the Aeneid, he hoped it would arouse patriotism and help unite Rome. Architects helped by building bridges, and archways that are still used today, in many capital and religious buildings.

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. Virgil and Pliny helped literature a lot. With out this then most of those buildings would not be as they are because the domes and archways allowed for the large buildings and big ways. Today we still use aqueducts and we also use roads. They had male and female public baths.

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