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Medicine

  • Early Roman medicine revolved around plants and agriculture.
  • Their basic understandings and ideas of anatomy and medicine came from their Etruscan ancestors.
  • Used medical instruments such as: tubes, forceps, scalpels, and scissors
  • Majority of Roman doctors were actually Greek.
  • Some influential doctors were: Asclepiades of Bithynia, Soranus of Ephesus, and Galen

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Richardson, Robert G., and Rhodes, Philip. "History of Medicine." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., n.d. Web. 11 May 2017.

The Classics

Taggart, Caroline. The Classics: All You Need to Know, from Zeus's Throne to the Fall of Rome. Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest Association, 2010. Print.

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"Roman Science." Ancient History Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 May 2017.

Writing Developments

Writing Developments

Examples

Some of their inventions & developments were ...

- Aquaducts

- Sports arenas

- Armour improvements

- Portable fire engine

- Re-buildable artillery

- Watermills

Engineering

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  • Roman engineering was extremely innovative.
  • Created structures and concepts that would be used throughout history and today.
  • They created large aqueducts
  • Engineering efforts also went towards the military

Introduction

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From 753 BC to 476 AD, Ancient Rome was a period of innovation, discovery, and trying to understanding the world around them. The sciences played a huge role in this.

Today we'll be discussing the sciences of Ancient Rome and its applications.

The main subtopics we will talk about are:

  • Medicine
  • Math
  • Engineering
  • Tools and technology
  • Time

More Influences and Effects

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The following are examples of inventions that impacted other empires and modern day

- Varicose vein removal

- Cosmetic surgeries

- Milo-meters

- Glass blowing techniques

- Sports Arenas

- Strengthened concrete

Influences and effects

  • Roman innovation and ideals are still used today within medicine, technology, and architecture.
  • The creation of certain types of surgeries
  • Created a unit of measurement that is still used today.
  • The inventions of Rome served as a foundation for developing concepts over history.

Addition

perform CCCLXIX + DCCCXLV.

1.

Substitute for any subtractives to obtain:

CCCLXVIIII + DCCCXXXXV

2.

Catenate to obtain:

CCCLXVIIIIDCCCXXXXV

3.

Sort to obtain:

DCCCCCCLXXXXXVVIIII

4.

Combine groups to obtain:

DCCCCCCLXXXXXXIIII

DCCCCCCLLXIIII

DCCCCCCCXIIII

DDCCXIIII

MCCXIIII

5.

Substitute any subtractives to obtain:

MCCXIV

Subtraction

perform CXXIX − XLIII.

1.

Substitute for any subtractives to obtain:

CXXVIIII − XXXXIII

2.

a. cross out common symbols:

CXXVIIII and XXXXIII

b. need X's, convert C to LXXXXX

LXXXXXXXVIIII and XXXXIII

LXXXXXXXVIIII and XXXXIII

3.

Rewrite:

LXXXVI

4.

Check for grouping:

LXXXVI

5.

Substitute any subtractives to obtain:

LXXXVI

value

can we subtract 8?

result

count

39

yes

31

1

31

yes

23

2

23

yes

15

3

15

yes

7

4

7

no

7

4

Mathematics

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  • Most notable mathematics contributions by the Romans were Roman numerals.
  • Based off arithmetic.
  • The used addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication.
  • Roman numerals were not perfect however, and occasionally caused disagreements

Multiplication

perform XXI•XVII.

1.

Substitute for any subtractives to obtain:

XXI•XVII

2.

Form products and catenate to obtain:

CLXX CLXX XVII

3.

Sort to obtain:

CCLLXXXXXVII

4.

Combine groups to obtain:

CCLLLVII

CCCLVII

5.

Substitute any subtractives to obtain:

CCCLVII

Time

  • The first Roman calendar was said to have been created by Romulus
  • Heavily based their concepts of time around the sun and moon.
  • Eventually lead to the creation of the sundial.
  • A Greek astronomer, Sosigenes, calculated the solar year the most accurately.
  • Roman time concepts and systems are still used today

Tools and technology

  • Inventions for tools and technology peaked in the last two centuries BC.
  • Tools and technologies were created to help with everyday life, construction, and the military.
  • Rate of innovation slowed down after Christianity became more revalent.
  • Key innovations were: water distribution systems, hypocaust, weaponry, naval ships, and simple machines.

Ancient Rome: The Sciences

By: Grace, Jessell, Serena

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