Ancient Roman ContributionsAncient Romans were very advanced for their time, learning of easier ways to deal with situations and advancing technology and medicine. Some of the Romans’ most well-known contributions to society were their welfare programs for the poor, irrigation systems, law and politics, and even concrete.
At first, welfare was nothing more than a requirement for the Roman government to supply the people with small percentages of grain, but moved along to add corn, oil, bread, pork, wine, and clothing(via Contonental E.
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Ancient Roman irrigation is most popularly known for the aqueducts which they constructed. Aqueducts used bridges in order to transport water to cities near the ocean. From the ocean there was a passage leading into a river or lake and the Romans found that by using bridges to lead the water inwards and over deep grooves in the land, they could harness the water for their own use(via Evan Andrews).
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Romans also began notions of the “populares” and “optimates,” or what we today call “left-wing” and “right-wing” factions(via Law in Ancient Rome). They also popularized voting, where two assemblies would choose two Roman adult male citizens, and then allowed the people of Rome to vote for whichever person they thought was more eligible for the job.
Concrete, one of Rome’s most simple and yet best inventions, allowed Romans to build large structures that would stand for many years(via Evan Andrews). Nowadays we can see this in the ruins of their many architectural buildings. |
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“Continental Empires.” <http://www.lasalle.edu/~mcinneshin/week07.htm>
“Law in Ancient Rome.” <http://www.crystalinks.com/romelaw.html>