Unit3Backtothepast古罗马帝国不仅仅在政治上强大、版图上辽阔,它所创造的古罗马文化在哲学、文学、建筑等方面,也是全人类巨大的精神财富,是世界古典文化中的瑰宝
AncientRomeisthattimeinhistorywhentheRomanEmpireexisted
Atitspeak,theempireincludedmostofEurope,northernAfrica,andtheMiddleEast
TheRomanswereknownfortheirarmy,architecture,andgovernment
Theempireexistedfromabout100B.C
to500A.D
Althoughmanypeopletalkaboutthe“riseandfall”oftheRomanEmpire,othersfocusonhowthecivilizationchangedovertime
Bothpositives(i
,artandarchitecture)andnegatives(i
,slaveryandcruelty)canbeidentifiedintheculturethroughoutthehistoryofAncientRome
Thefirstsettlementswereestablishedaround753B.C
Attheheightoftheempirearound200A.D
,theempirecovered2
5millionsquaremiles
TheWesternEmpirefellin476A.D
andtheEasternEmpirelasteduntil1453
Basedonstrictorganizationandcentralized(中央集权的)control,theem