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Roman Acheivements - Research Paper

Roman Acheivements

One of the Roman's greatest acheivements was their large amount of art. They created forms of art, fine tuned other existing forms to suit their needs, and created an extensive body of literature. Roman art in it's heyday was a pinnacle of human artistic achevement and it is truely a shame that hardly any of it still exists.
The bas relief sculpture form was a completely Roman invention. It was a form of sculpture like no other at the time. It projected a portion of a figure or image from a flat surface, creating a three-dimensional picture of sorts. Although the bas-relief was an effective tool for sculpture, it was underused. When used it was primarily for teaching purposes, not for ...

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in history. It is often overlooked because it is compared only to Greek literature which the Romans tried to emulate. They did have their masterpieces though. The Ćnid is arguably the greatist books in history. It is all to often thrown out as erotic garbage from two thousand yers ago, when in actuality it competes on the same literary plane as Plato's Republic and Homers duet epics, the Illiad and the Oddesy.
Created an Empire

The fact that they conquered so much land (most of the know world) is amazing in itself. The tactics used to rule these land would be questionalble now but were acceptable (as if there were any choice) during their reign. The tactics included outright conquering through war, extortion or a combination of the two.
War was a common thing for the Romans for the waged it regualrly. When the Romans defeated an enemy (an enemy was anybody who didn't stand down to the mighty power of Rome) they were crushed by the Roman Legions. The Romans used a ...

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Added: 3/12/2006 12:09:49 AM
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