Part1 like the ancient Greeks the achievements of the ancient Romans are still

significant today architecture and engineering where some of the Romans greatest feats
perhaps Rome's greatest architectural achievement is the Colosseum a massive
structure that still stands today the Colosseum is a particularly noteworthy landmark
given the fact that it could hold well over 50,000 people it's no accident that many of the
modern sports stadiums were modeled after this iconic arena another innovation by the
Romans is the arch which was used to support large structures such as the Colosseum
as well as the aqueducts that carried water miles from its source into the cities in order
to travel and effectively advance its military the Romans had to innovate a reliable
network of roads however they first had to invent the concrete with which to pave the
roads in addition to this the Romans made great strides in engineering by inventing ball
bearings an innovation that would not be revisited for another 2,000 years of course like
every other ancient civilization Rome eventually fell even though the Roman Empire
hasn't existed for thousands of years the achievements made during its reign still make
a profound impact on our everyday lives English (auto-generated)
Part 2
welcome Time Travelers today our journey takes us back to the Roman Empire's history
is an epic tale of Conquest power struggles cultural achievements and a legacy that
profoundly influenced Western Civilization The Story begins in the 8th Century BC when
Rome was founded as a small settlement in Italy over time Rome expanded its territory
through military conquest and strategic alliances by 146 BC Rome had conquered much
of the Mediterranean region including Greece Carthage and Egypt the the Roman
Empire reached its Pinnacle during the reign of Augustus Caesar who became the first
emperor in 27 BC this marked the beginning of the Pax Romana a period of relative
peace and stability that lasted for around 200 years Rome flourished economically
culturally and architecturally during this time Landmark achievements like the
construction of aqueducts roads and Monumental structures such as the Coliseum were
emblematic of Rome's Prosperity however the Empire faced internal strife and political
instability due to power struggles among Emperors and issues with succession
economic challenges corruption and external invasions also weakened the empire in the
3rd Century ad the crisis of the 3r century plunged Rome into Political chaos and
economic turmoil further eroding its stability by the late 4th Century the empire was split
into two administrative halves the Western Roman Empire with its capital in Rome and
the Eastern Roman Empire centered in Constantinople modern day Istanbul the
Western Empire faced continuous invasions by Barbarian tribes and in 476 ad the last
Roman emperor in the West Was deposed marking the traditional date for the fall of the
Western Roman Empire the Eastern Roman Empire known as the Byzantine Empire
persisted for nearly a millennium afterward carrying on Roman traditions and law
governance and culture meanwhile the impact of the Roman Empire's achievements
including its legal system language Latin engineering architecture and Christianity
continued to shape European civilization for centuries the Roman Empires rise and fall
remain a captivating Saga illustrating the heights of human achievement and the
complexities of power governance and societal Evolution its Legacy reverberates
through Modern institutions art language and the foundations of Western Civilization
thank you for embarking on this historical Voyage with us understanding the past is key
to shaping a brighter future until our next exploration stay curious and Vigilant against
the Shadows Of History
Part 3
hey there students I know I spend a lot of my time here talking about the history of the
United States and modern Europe but I want to go back a few thousand years in this
lecture to the Romans well you might ask why are you going to go so far back Ricci the
Romans that was a long time to go that stuff's not relevant anymore well that's the point
that I'm going to explain to you why the Romans are still very relevant to Western
civilization today and if you are an American or even a person that lives anywhere in the
world the Romans have influenced you profoundly and they continued influenced us in
so many ways even so long after their demise so let's talk about why we should care
okay now this was the Roman Empire in 117 ad yes a long time ago as we've already
noted so what Richie why should I care well the thing is that we should all care about
the Romans now the reason I say that we should all care is because that's an acronym
there are seven things I'm going to point out that we get from the Romans alphabet
language law calendar architecture religion and entertainment The Roman Alphabet first
of all the alphabet any of you that have ever learned your ABCs are really learning
something from the Romans we didn't make up the alphabet the English didn't make up
the alphabet the Romans made up the Latin alphabet and this Latin alphabet is used
throughout the world today in fact this map here shows us where the Latin alphabet is
either the official script or a co script and then even in other countries like China Japan
countries in the Middle East like Saudi Arabia and Israel they still learn the Latin
alphabet even if they don't use it officially think about scientific names no matter what
language you're riding in you are writing in Latin so even in Russia where they don't use
the Latin alphabet and their official correspondence they still learn about in the schools
so the Romans have influenced us with their alphabet which is part of the reason why
we spell things so weird like you think about caution TI is how is that well that's what
happens when you have a borrowed alphabet if you learn Russian or Greek or a
language like that where they actually base it around their own alphabet it makes a lot
more sense but since we Barden alphabet we kind of have to make do with it but the
Romans have given us the alphabet that is still used throughout the world today the
classical Latin alphabet was actually a little bit shorter than the one we have now we
have 26 letters in today's alphabet the Romans only had 23 as you can see here there
is no J there is no you and there is no W use would be written as V's now Indiana Jones
found out about this the hard way almost lost his life because in Indiana Jones the Last
Crusade he thought well Jehovah the name of God well that starts with a J right wrong
click that clip right there if you'd like to watch it for yourself hopefully you've seen the
movie already you know what I'm talking about then we have the Latin language now
you The Latin Language may say okay Ritchie Latins a dead language everyone knows
that well yes strictly speaking Latin is a dead language in the sense that nobody speaks
it to each other today I know if you like words but I couldn't have a conversation with you
in Latin unless you are in the Vatican you probably don't use the Latin language that
much in just correspondence and such but you use the Latin language all the time that
although Latin is a dead language it is still used if you look here here is a list of all kinds
of English words that are derived from Latin just going to scroll down real quick like take
me a long time to go over these individually there you go we could really stop in just
about any place and see but even in the English language which isn't directly based on
Latin like the Romance languages of French and Spanish and Italian we still have a lot
of words that come from Latin so even though we don't speak Latin the Romans still
influence us today through the Latin language laws the Romans have been the most
important influencers of our system of government in the United States of America
every day we say the Pledge I guess least if you love America you say the Pledge every
day and well yeah if you go to school and that sort of thing when we pledge we say and
to the Republic for which it stands well when we say that the Romans had a republic
first been there done that okay they've had a Senate first when you look at the seal of
the United States Senate you can see the Roman Foss ace which was a symbol that
was used in ancient Rome to stand for the strength of the Roman state we get our
calendar from the Romans the months of the year I will talk in more detail about the
Roman calendar another video but all of our months are named after well what the
Romans named January the Roman god Janus March the Roman god Mars June the
Roman goddess Juno July and August named for Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar
even the word calendar comes from the Latin word Callens which meant the first of the
month so the first of every month known as the Callens and so our way of keeping time
is known as a calendar which comes from the Romans architecture if you've ever
Architecture been Washington DC or really ever seen most state houses in the United
States you notice elements of neoclassicism elements of architecture that copies the
Romans if we look at the US Capitol dome here we see columns we see a dome and
then on the top we see a statue of freedom which personifying ideas was something
that the Romans would do quite often we see the Supreme Court building with the
Roman looking columns very very classical looking the Jefferson Memorial was
intentionally designed to look like the Roman pantheon in fact if you look at an internal
view of the Pantheon ceiling you see that they are very similar except for having a
single hole in the top like the Roman pantheon the Jefferson Memorial has several
holes there to provide light Religion religion now a lot of times people think about
Christianity as coming from the Jews Jesus was Jewish this certainly had elements of
Hebrew religion but Christianity spread across the greco-roman world the Roman
Empire gave Christianity a means to spread and without that sort of centralized
administration without the roads and the network of communication provided by the
Romans there would have been no way for Christianity to spread as it did and if we look
at world religions Christianity is the world's largest religion about a third of people in the
world call themselves Christians well this started in ancient Rome in fact in the story of
the birth of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke it says in those days Caesar Augustus issued a
decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world and everyone went to
their own town to register so we see here that the whole reason Jesus was in a manger
the whole reason he wasn't home there was no room at the end is because Caesar
Augustus called a census of all of the Roman world so even the story of the birth of the
Christ child is placed within the context of ancient Rome Jesus is identified as someone
living being born in the Roman world here is st. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City today
Rome is the center of the Roman Catholic religion which is the single largest group of
Christians in the world the largest group within the world's largest religion are you not
entertained I love doing that anyway gladiator great movie what gladiator is not the only
movie about ancient Rome there are several there is the Eagle which is a more recent
one with Channing Tatum Channing him then there has been her with Charlton Heston
it was kind of the Channing Tatum of his time then gladiator of course with Russell
Crowe so occasionally we still enjoy being entertained by movies set in the Roman
world so hopefully I've erased all doubt as to why we should all care about the Romans
having borrowed from them their alphabet their language their law their calendar their
architecture their religion and their entertainment the Roman still influenced us today in
so many ways and are one of the most relevant civilizations that have ever existed I'll
talk about the Roman some more and some other lectures so please feel free to
subscribe click like right there and I hope to see you again but for now I'm done until
next time Oh my turn English (auto-generated)