WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Although the Romans were heavily influenced by ancient Greece, they were able to make improvements to certain borrowed Greek designs and inventions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Why do you think the Romans borrowed many ideas from Greek culture? They admired Greek culture. Who was Spartacus? How did the deaths of the Gracchus brothers change Roman politics?

Detailed explanation-3: -What did the Romans borrow from the Greeks? They learned how to grow olives and grapes, and they borrowed the Greek alphabet. What did the Romans borrow from the Etruscans? They borrowed togas and cloaks, as well as gaining wealth from mining and metalworking.

Detailed explanation-4: -Five examples of Roman inventions include aqueducts, roads, concrete buildings, medical tools for the battlefield, and the Julian Calendar. Aqueducts provided fresh water to urban areas. Roads connected even the most remote parts of the Roman Empire to Europe and the Mediterranean.