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TheWesternRomanEmpiremayhavefallenmorethan1,500years
ago
.http://www.history.com/news/historylists/10innovationsthatbuiltancient
rome
2.
TheancientRomansadoptedeverygoodideathattheysaw.
http://rome.mrdonn.org/achievements.html
3.
Again,theRomanswerenotthefirsttostartgridbasedestablishmentsandcities,theearliestof
basicgridplanningdatesasfarbackas
MahjongDaro
andHarappa.
http://www.ancienthistorylists.com/romehistory/top10ancientromaninventions/#ixzz46y6xqPuO
4.
Astructuralarchisastructurethatsupportslargeamountsof
weight.
http://www.knowtheromans.co.uk/Categories/SubCatagories/Invention
s/
5.
OneofthegreatestscientificfeatsofAncientRomeistheconcreteroad.
http://www.historyforkids.net/romanscience.html
6.
InBritaintherewerenoroadspriortoarrivaloftheRomanswhocreatedanetworkof
straight,solidhighwaysbuiltonfoundationsofclay,chalkandgravelwithlargerflat
stoneslaidon
top.http://www.history.co.uk/shows/ancientimpossible/articles/5thingstheromansgav
eu
7.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_roman_engineering.php
8.
Intheseplaces,scientistshadalreadybeenworkingforalongtime,and
theyjustkeptonworkingunderRomanrule(andthenunderIslamicrulelater
on).
http://quatr.us/romans/science/
9.TheabacuswasoriginallydesignedbytheMesopotamiansinthetimeperiodbetween2700
and2300BCE,buttheRomansimproveduponitduringthetimeoftheirempire.
http://www.scientiareview.org/pdfs/258.pdf