INFLUENCE OF ANCIENT ROME IN OUR CULTURE

Ancient Rome was the largest city in the then known world. It is thought that Rome’s population was over 1 million people when the city was at the height of its power.

There are many things of the way of life of the Romans that still persists in our culture. For example, as well as in ancient Rome, in our culture the roles played by family members are very similar. In former Rome age the man was commanding at the home and they were going out to work to obtain the food and the sustenance for their homes, while women were doing the things of the home, such as cook, clean, wash the clothes, among others. Although some things in our society have changed a bit regarding the roles of family members, the idea that man is leaving to work towards the sustenance of the family, and the woman takes care of things in the house, remains unchanged.

Moreover, the Romans made a great effort to invent things that make easier their way of life. The Roman engineering took place magnificent buildings which until today still can be seen all around Western Europe, things like bathrooms, roads, theatres, the wall of Adriano, even things resolved as important as water supply in the city, aqueduct.