Ancient Rome

Hello. My name is rico salmon and I'll be briefing

to you about ancient Rome and how the definition of

ancient Rome civilization was successful in defying the cultures in

that region.

Now, first going to do a little introduction.

So ancient Rome was founded around 753 BC.

And it went all the way to about 476 80.

Now the capital was the city of Rome, located near

the water near the middle of Italy.

And at its peak it became one of the largest

empires in the history.

So the first characteristic we're gonna look at is the

urban focus.

So roman um cities always had forms in the center.

Now what these forms were with huge uh gathering areas

where many cultural, civic, political, even religious events could be

held sudden, characteristic is religious structures.

So the restructure I want to talk about about ancient

Rome is the temple of jupiter optimus maximus.

Now this temple was created on a three Gods, Jupiter

Juno and Minerva Is finished around 509 BC.

And the reason why this structure is so important to

Rome empire is because it symbolized immortality of the empire.

Yeah. Next characteristic we have is the political military structure

of Rome.

So Roman politics and military essentially one and the same

uh meaning that the militant leaders often made the politics.

So in this case we have the ruling king most

often the emperor and as he led both the army

and created the rules, regulations and laws and such.

And uh the political structure did change as did Rome.

So it aside from the commissioner Kurata to a senate

to an executive magistrate now just evolved with the times

and actually the social structure.

Pro so roman empire.

So structure is very simple.

You have the emperor on top the one single ruler

that leads the military and the rules.

Yeah, the patrician senators.

You also have questions.

Plebeians, freed slaves and states Now how much power the

patrician centers?

The questions have depending on the time and how much

the emperor was willing to allow.

So the development of writing in the roman empire.

So latin was the main language of the roman empire.

Poetry became most popular piece of roman literature and most

riding was on wax tablets or thin piece of wood.

Some famous poets are Virgil, Horace and Ovid.

So roman art glass characteristic of civilization.

So art flourished from the roman empire from architectural paintings

to sculptures.

Some of the most famous paintings or films.

Famous pieces you see below you are the pantheon, Archie

tightest mar phobia.

Yeah. So why the study of history is so important.

I believe the study of history is very important because

history tends to repeat itself.

And many mistakes could be avoided if they just learn

from similar events in the past.

So I do believe that as part of our duty

to become informed citizens to learn from the past, some

motivation behind past cultures.

I think understanding the motivation behind past cultures is very

important to understand world events today because I believe people

have not really changed, although the times have changed.

I believe the emotions we feel haven't the same motivation

people had way far ago with the same motivation we

have today.

And because of that, I believe if we learn the

motivation behind past cultures, you can learn similar motivation behind

current events.

And those are my references.

Thank you very much.

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