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notes: Section Define terms in own words Notes on each section from TCI (can include dates, places, maps if needed, importance of, etc.) End of Empire in the West Peaceful transfer of power: move to one leader to another without any problem Rivals became impatient to be the emperor and would over throw the emperor to be one The roman empire was losing to the persians and germanic tribes Byzantium; the east part of the empire that broke off of the west. The citizens of the roman empire had to pay a lot of taxes and made the poor wich affected trade Germanic tribes attacked constantinople and divided the roman empire Visigoths and Ostrogoths: the visigoths was the empire that ruled the iberian peninsula. Ostrogoths ruled what is now italy. The empire was divided into kingdoms and empires The byzantine empire was influenced by rome. Art Fresco: a mural created from plaster and paint Michelangelo was inspired by the romans The romans were influenced by greece Patrons: people you would pay to do art for you. Roman architecture is used in america They made bottles from glass Cameo: a kind of art that is a raised carves portrait or landscape They used cameos for jewelry They learned how to cut gems Architecture and Engineering Arch, vault and dome: a arch is a curved doorway. A vault is a arch used to support a roof. A dome is a series of vaults They learned from the greeks and etruscans They mixed rock, sand , cement, and water to make concrete Concrete: is like glue for building They invented the stadium They made the triumphal arch They built roads, aqueducts, and bridges Pantheon: a temple built in 609 ad and was the catholic church They built roads by layering rock and sand Aqueducts transported water from 60 miles away Aqueducts: a way to transport water over long distances Some roads are based off of the roads the romans made They over all changed the way we build structures today Language Latin the language the romans spoke: latin English has latin letters The latin alphabet has 23 letters Roman Numerals: the roman number system Latin influenced italian, spanish, and french languages There are many latin prefixes in english Philosophy and Law Stoicism: a school that was for philosophers The romans used stoicism for philisophy Stoics believed the key in life was to maintain a good character Marcus Aurelius: he was a emperor and stoic philosopher Stoics were famous for bearing pain and suffering with bravery Some european countries base their law off of the romans Natural Law: the theory that says humans are born with a sense of right and wrong Judges tried to be fair in courts The us constitution had aspects of roman laws
