History: Ancient Rome for Kids - 3 views
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As a result, Rome's culture still has an impact in the Western world today. The basis for much of Western culture comes from Ancient Rome, especially in areas such as government, engineering, architecture, language, and literature.
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Garth Holman on 01 Dec 15Does this sound like something we have said before? Who do you think influenced Rome?
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Jack R on 03 Dec 15I think greece influnced rome
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Ariel L on 03 Dec 15The reading says that Rome was the basis of Western society, but I thought Greece was the basis of Wester society?
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Yanai HS on 03 Dec 15Greece
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aleskov on 04 Dec 15Greece began it, but Rome developed it.
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Mallory C on 04 Dec 15Greece
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Jacob L on 04 Dec 15Rome got their ideas from Greece
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This meant that Rome's leaders, such as senators, were elected officials that served for a limited amount of time, not kings who were born into leadership and ruled for life. They had a complex government with written laws, a constitution, and a balance of powers. These concepts became very important in forming future democratic governments, like the United States.
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The Roman Forum was the center of government
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split Rome into two empires. One was the Western Roman Empire and was ruled out of the city of Rome. The other was the Eastern Roman Empire and was ruled out of Constantinople (today's Istanbul in Turkey). The Eastern Roman Empire would become known as Byzantium or the Byzantine Empire.
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Circus Maximus, a huge stadium built for chariot races, could seat around 150,000 people.
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The highest position in the Roman Republic was the consul. There were two consuls at the same time to make sure that one didn't become too powerful.
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was Latin, but they often spoke Greek as well.