The Influences of Rome on The World We know Today.

Rome was a civilization comprised of acquisitive, motivated, powerful, and headstrong people. These qualities allowed for the civilization to surpass its neighbors in technology, government system, war and battle and the basic overall function of the city. One of the reasons Rome was able to surpass its neighbors was due to that fact that it could recognize in other civilizations which inventions worked and which did not. The Romans would then copy and even improve …showed first 75 words of 742 total…

…showed last 75 words of 742 total…its time. Many of the Romans' ideas and concepts are still used today. It is amazing to think that a civilization about two thousand years old had the technology and skill to build the entertainment arenas they had, and were able to recognize and implement a basic code of ethics with which the people of Rome used to govern themselves, and carry out a system of government that was so successful for so many years.