The Characteristics Of The Roman Empire

Once Rome was a land empire the republic encountered many other Mediterranean cultures. These cultures include Egypt, Greece, Celts and many more. Rome adopted different ideas from these cultures and incorporated them to shape the Roman Empire we know today. The Romans accepted these new cultures as a new way of living and a standard norm as the Roman Empire continued. Whether they learned or stole these ideas, they all assist in the Roman culture. Some of the characteristics that were brought to the Roman culture include coinage, religion, architecture, art, clothing, and many others.

One key characteristic that the Romans adopted from the Greeks, Carthaginians, and Egypt was the idea of coinage. In the very beginning, the Romans had bronze

Rome gained power with Hellenistic culture incorporated into the Romans everyday life. One of the greatest technological advancements was the idea of concrete within construction engineering. This concrete idea began in Southern Italy in the 2nd century BCE. The concrete was very important to the Roman architecture given that it assisted in the creation of Roman arches and domes. Concrete also was the base of stone bridges across rivers, stacked aqueducts across valleys, and large sight-seeing buildings like the Pantheon in Rome, and later the Cathedral of S. Sophia in Constantinople. Those buildings used domed roofs to close in a great amount of space. Those types of buildings were leading in size than any other building until the 16th century. Another innovation in technology was the Roman roads. One can tell the Roman engineers were highly skilled because the roads ran miles. Not only were they long, they ran over all different types of topography, and they skillfully and effectively connected all parts of the Roman Empire. TO do such great work, the Roman engineers had to do advanced techniques and use advanced instruments to create the road angles. The Romans also created a machine to help grind corn. At first, it was only done by hand. The machines were used with the help of animal power to ground grain in the 2nd century