Science and Technology in Ancient Rome: The History and Legacy of the Romans Technological Advances Audiobook Libro.fm

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The modern world has the ancient Romans to thank for the origins of many modern technologies conveniences and ideas from running water baths and republican style government to roads Similarly by the 3rd century BCE the Romans were prodigious monument builders so much so that the memory of the great Roman Republic and the Roman Empire continues to exist within a cityscape of stone Romes public spaces were filled with statues arches temples and many other varieties of monumental images and each of these structures had its own civic or religious function At the same time most were embedded with stories messages and symbolism so that they also tended to function as propaganda These monuments allowed the leading citizens of Rome especially its emperors to sculpt their own selfimage and embed themselves and their most memorable deeds into the very structure of the Roman city