10 Interesting Fact About The history and cultural significance of the Roman Empire

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• Roman Empire was founded in 27 BC by Augustus Caesar after a long period of Roman Republic.
• Roman famous for the famous ancient highway, such as via Appia and via Flaminia, which can still be seen in Italy today.
• Roman contribution to English is very large, more than 60% of words in English come from Latin.
• Roman has a sophisticated sanitation system, with special water channels and public toilets known as Latrinae.
• Gladiators, fighters who are famous in Rome, usually consist of prisoners of war, slaves, or people who are sentenced to death. They were given special training and fighting in the arena for public entertainment.
• Colosseum in Rome was built in the 1st century AD and was used for gladiator performances and other sports events.
• Roman developed advanced agricultural technology, such as irrigation and land management to increase yields.
• Roman known as their architectural art, including buildings such as Pantheon and Basilica St. Peter in the Vatican.
• The Roman Empire introduced the Julian calendar, which is the basis of the modern calendar that we use today.
• During the Roman Empire, Christians began to spread throughout the world, and this empire eventually became a Christian state in the 4th century AD.