The Western Roman Empire may have fallen more than 1,500 years ago, but its rich legacy of innovation and invention can still be seen today. The Romans were extraordinary builders and expert civil engineers, and their strange civilization produced advances in technology, culture and architecture that remained unique for centuries.
Some of the inventions the Romans made are:
- Aqueducts: which were used to bring water to the city.
The Romans enjoyed many comforts for their day, including public toilets, underground sewage systems, fountains and public baths. None of these water using innovations would have been possible without the Roman aqueduct.
- Concrete: used to make buildings
Many ancient Roman structures like the Pantheon, the Colosseum and the Roman Forum are still standing today because of the development of Roman cement and concrete. The Romans first began building with concrete over 2,100 years ago and used it throughout the Mediterranean basin in everything from aqueducts and buildings to bridges and monuments. Roman concrete was weaker than its modern day, but it has proved to be stable because of its unique recipe, which used slaked lime and a volcanic ash known as pozzolana to create a sticky paste.
- Newspaper:
These early newspapers were written on metal or stone and then posted in areas that were crowded like the Roman Forum. It usually included Roman war victories.
- Roman Arches
Arches have existed for about 4,000 years, but the ancient Romans were the first to make and use the arch's in the construction of bridges, monuments and buildings. The use of the Roman archs was to make there great buildings and monuments.
- The Julius calender
The Gregorian calendar is made really close to the Roman version that dates back more than 2,000 years. Early Roman calendars were likely copied from Greek models that worked according to the lunar cycle. But because the Romans considered even numbers unlucky, they eventually changed their calendar to make sure that each month had an odd number of days. This practice continued until 46 B.C., when Julius Caesar and the astronomer Sosigenes made the Julian system to align the calendar with the solar year. Caesar lengthened the number of days in a year from 355 to the now-familiar 365 and eventually included the 12 months as we know them today. The Julian calendar was almost perfect, but it miscalculated the solar year by 11 minutes. These few minutes changed the calendar off by several days.
- Roman Numerals
The Roman Numerals did not have "0". Roman numerals today are used most frequently seen as list numbers, time pieces and historic Roman coins, art and antiquities in museums and antique shops.
- Steam engine
Heron Alexandrinus, also know as the Hero of Alexandria, was a 1st century Greek mathematician and engineer who is known as the first inventor of the steam engine.
The steam was created by boiling water under the sphere – the boiler was connected to the rotating sphere through a pair of pipes that at the same time served as pivots for the sphere.
The steam was created by boiling water under the sphere – the boiler was connected to the rotating sphere through a pair of pipes that at the same time served as pivots for the sphere.
- Sewers
The opposite of aqueducts which brought fresh water into Roman cities, sewers took human waste out of the city where they wouldn't mix it up with drinking water. This strong rule about hygiene would help stop spread diseases which often happened in ancient cities. During the height of the Roman Empire there were seven main sewers running out of Rome. These cool structures can be found underneath the city to this day.
They are many inventions that the Romans have made to make their life easier also our life easier!
Technology
The rich people in Rome had central heating in their houses to keep them warm in cold times. The heating system was controlled by the slaves.
Therefore Romans made a lot of monuments, buildings,roads,and many more memorable structures, but they never made a lot of machinery. Maybe because they did not need any. The Romans made machines mostly for war. For example they made the
catapults, gladius, pilum, hasta and many more.
Technology
- Heating System
The rich people in Rome had central heating in their houses to keep them warm in cold times. The heating system was controlled by the slaves.
Therefore Romans made a lot of monuments, buildings,roads,and many more memorable structures, but they never made a lot of machinery. Maybe because they did not need any. The Romans made machines mostly for war. For example they made the
catapults, gladius, pilum, hasta and many more.