Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome
This collection of 80 ready-to-teach articles traces the cultural history of Rome as it evolved from a Republic into a mighty Empire. It reveals the extraordinary engineering and technical brilliance of the civilization that built the first true megacity of antiquity — beautifully capturing the spirit of Emperor Augustus’s famous boast: “I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.” Providing a robust foundation for teaching Western civilization, these articles survey the full spectrum of Roman philosophy, politics, law, literature, art, warfare, trade, religion, and daily life. Discover the monumental legacy the Romans left to the West, and see how later European thinkers, artists, and lawmakers drew heavily on Rome to shape the modern world.
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