Go onto YouTube and look up ‘What Have The Romans... – Monty Python’s Life of Brian’.
Next, look up ‘What the Romans Did For Us – 01/06’.
What were the greatest achievements of the Romans?
Roman sculptures, such as the Laocoön, were studied by sculptors of the Renaissance in the 14th 16th
to
centuries to create the great sculptors of their time (see Ch. 5)
A fresco from Pompeii. Romans painted frescoes, paintings done on wet plaster, and this style of painting continued through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
❰❰p. 20 Characteristics of
Ancient Rome
Calendar
The modern calendar is based on the calendar introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC. This divided the year into 365 days over 12 months. The Julian calendar was replaced by the Gregorian calendar in the 16th out of line with the movements of the sun.
❱ Preparing for CBA2 A project on the life and experience of a person of historical interest
