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Roman Law and Engineering: Roads, Aqueducts, and Legal Codes
Examine how civil engineering feats like paved highways and gravity-fed aqueducts operated alongside codified legal systems to unify the Mediterranean.
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Roman Engineering, Language, and Cultural Diffusion
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Evaluate Roman achievements in architecture, engineering, and infrastructure, the global legacy of Latin and Greek, and the diffusion of ideas across Afro-Eurasia.
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7.T4c.2Massachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeDescribe the rise of the Roman Republic, its government, including separation of powers, rule of law, representative government, and the notion of civic duty.
7.T4c.6Massachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeDescribe the contribution of the Romans to architecture, engineering, and technology (e.g., roads, bridges, arenas, baths, aqueducts, central heating, plumbing, and sanitation).