Roman influences
Ancient empire's impact
Roman influences are the cultural, architectural, legal, linguistic, and political legacies of ancient Rome that shaped subsequent civilizations.
The term appears most often in discussions of Western history, describing how Roman engineering, law, religion, and governance patterns persisted long after the empire's fall: The American Founders drew heavily on Roman influences in designing the republic.
Roman influences extend to language (Romance languages descending from Latin), architecture (arches, domes, columns), and legal systems still based on Roman principles.
- aqueductsChannels conveying water distances
- legionsGreat many, or armies
- LatinAncient Roman language
- et ceteraIndicates additional unspecified items
- carpe diemGrasp the present moment
veni vidi vici · republic · mosaics · amphitheaters · chariot racing · toga party · arches · roads · senate · pantheon · columns · oratory · citizenship · temples · centurions · Julius Caesar · rhetoric · domes
Roman, Rome, Romans, Romance, Romanesque, Romanize, Romanization, romantic, romanticism