Roman Literature
• Virgil – wrote the
Aeneid
– A Latin epic
– legendary story of
Aeneas, a Trojan
who traveled to
Italy where he
became the
ancestor of the
Romans
7 Architectural & Engineering
Achievements
• Romans brought many new ideas to
architecture
• Three were learned from the Etruscans
2. Baked Brick 3.Cement
1. Arch
Roman Arch
• A way to make a doorway or window
with no beams
Keystone
4. Aqueducts
• River water was
dirty with sewage
• Aqueducts
brought clean
water to cities
from far and
nearby hills
5. Domes
6. Roads
7. Coliseum
• An ancient sports
arena in the shape of
an oval stadium
– Had mock battles
where over 10,000
slaves, prisoners
or volunteers were
killed
• Could hold over
50,000 spectators
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http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/events/statecompetitions/webawards/winners2006/secondary/10/images/Atlantis_lg.jp
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Slide 4 – http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/842/25073560.JPG
Slide 5 –
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Juno_Receiving_the_Fead_of_Argos_WGA.jpg/526pxJuno_Receiving_the_Fead_of_Argos_WGA.jpg
Slide 6 – http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Myth/Images/apollo.gif
Slide 7 – http://www.studiorhi.com/images/artwork/color/Diana.jpg
Slide 8 – http://www.solarsabbath.org/athena.jpg
Slide 9 – http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/images/mlw_0001_0004_0_img0203.jpg
Slide 10 – http://www.historywiz.com/images/rome/amortiepolo.jpg
Slide 11 – http://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/outreach/events/aeneid.jpg,
http://images.easyart.com/i/prints/rw/en_easyart/lg/3/0/Virgil-Reading-the-Aeneid-to-Livia-Octavia-and-Augustus-c1812-Jean-Auguste-Ingres-303943.jpg
Slide 12 – http://www.cdnarchitect.com/asf/principles_of_enclosure/enclosure_typologies/images/romanarch.gif,
http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3554662/2/istockphoto_3554662_bricks.jpg,
http://www.icwhen.com/charley/osprey_lakes/photos/08140065b.JPG
Slide 13 – http://www.keystonesearch.com/images/keystone_arch.jpg
Slide 14 –
http://www.eriding.net/media/photos/geography/comenius_pr/france/saintes/050722_jmason_mp_geo_saint_0034.jpg
Slide 15 – http://www.widerange.org/images/large/tunnelBridge.jpg
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Slide 17 –http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~mthoreso/photo_gallery/Miscellany/slides/Roman%20Aqueduct.jpg
Slide Show Presentation Made by Julie Marnell
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Slide 18 – http://www.wayfaring.info/images/The_Pont_du_Gard_Roman_Aque.gif
Slide 19 – http://www.feelmadrid.com/photo142.jpg
Slide 20 – http://www.destination360.com/europe/france/pantheon.php
Slide 21 –
http://thecoinshop.maltaexpo.com/filebank/imagebank/05/IL%20PANTHEON%20(Large).JPG
Slide 22 –
http://intranet.arc.miami.edu/rjohn/images/HadrianicArchitecture/Dome%20view%20Pantheon.j
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Slide 23 – http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/21/A70-10644
Slide 24 –
http://www.pacificedits.com/Voyages/Italy/Coliseum%20and%20Forum/Images/Coliseum_outsi
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Slide 25 – http://www.markmallett.com/blog/wp-images/Coliseum2_1.jpg
Slide 26 - http://img1.jurko.net/wall/paper/gladiator_8.jpg
Slide 27 –http://www.cineclub.de/images/2000/gladiator_2.jpg
Slide 28 – http://zepfanman.com/images/gladioat.jpg
Slide 29 - http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/gladiator.jpg
Roman Architecture and
Engineering
Describe seven
architectural/engineering
achievements
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Roman Literature
Who was Virgil? What did he write?