What Rome left us: roads, aqueducts, arches, Latin and law
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Water and law
Topic What we know Aqueducts they moved water by gravity alone, on a gentle downward slope; Frontinus, Rome's water commissioner, wrote: “These are the highest arches, rising at certain points to 109 feet.” An opinion Frontinus also wrote: “With such an array of indispensable [necessary] structures carrying so many waters, compare, if you will, the idle Pyramids or the useless, though famous, works of the Greeks!” Roman law it grew over more than a thousand years, from the Twelve Tables to a great collection of laws ordered by the emperor Justinian in 529 CE Law today Roman law became a basis for law in much of Europe and in Latin America Frontinus quotes are from the English translation by C. E. Bennett (1925), p. 357 and pp. 357–359.
According to Frontinus, how high did the highest arches rise, Jun asks?
- To 109 feet at certain points
- To 43 feet
- To 109 meters
- To 1,090 feet
When did Justinian order his great collection of laws, Kira asks?
- 529 BCE
- 529 CE
- About 450 BCE
- About 126 CE
Water and law
Topic What we know Aqueducts they moved water by gravity alone, on a gentle downward slope; Frontinus, Rome's water commissioner, wrote: “These are the highest arches, rising at certain points to 109 feet.” An opinion Frontinus also wrote: “With such an array of indispensable [necessary] structures carrying so many waters, compare, if you will, the idle Pyramids or the useless, though famous, works of the Greeks!” Roman law it grew over more than a thousand years, from the Twelve Tables to a great collection of laws ordered by the emperor Justinian in 529 CE Law today ? The cell marked ? is blank. Frontinus quotes are from the English translation by C. E. Bennett (1925), p. 357 and pp. 357–359.
Luz's chart has a blank: where did Roman law become a basis for law?
- Much of Europe and Latin America
- Nowhere today
- In the city of Rome and nowhere else
- Ancient Persia
Water and law
Topic What we know Aqueducts they moved water by gravity alone, on a gentle downward slope; Frontinus, Rome's water commissioner, wrote: “These are the highest arches, rising at certain points to 109 feet.” An opinion Frontinus also wrote: “With such an array of indispensable [necessary] structures carrying so many waters, compare, if you will, the idle Pyramids or the useless, though famous, works of the Greeks!” Roman law it grew over more than a thousand years, from the Twelve Tables to a great collection of laws ordered by the emperor Justinian in 529 CE Law today Roman law became a basis for law in much of Europe and in Latin America Frontinus quotes are from the English translation by C. E. Bennett (1925), p. 357 and pp. 357–359.
Frontinus calls the Pyramids "idle" and Greek works "useless". Is that a fact or his opinion, Milo asks?
- Neither: it is a law
- His opinion
- A fact: he ran Rome's water
- A fact: the Pyramids were idle
Which part of the chart is a fact you could check, Noah asks?
- The Pyramids were idle
- Arches rose to 109 feet
- Aqueducts beat any other building
- Greek works were useless
Why might Frontinus praise aqueducts over the Pyramids, Pia asks?
- He had measured both of them very carefully
- He was Greek
- He built the Pyramids
- He was proud of the aqueducts he ran
Roman law grew from the Twelve Tables (about 450 BCE) to Justinian's collection (529 CE). About how long is that, Ren asks?
- About 98 years
- About 980 years
- About 79 years
- About 9,800 years
Why might a collection of laws be useful, Tala asks?
- It makes new roads
- It hides the laws
- People can find and use the laws
- It ends the laws
What shows Roman law still matters today, Zee asks?
- It was forgotten
- Rome alone uses it
- Romans still make the laws
- It is a basis for law in many countries
Bo's note says, "Justinian's collection came in 529 BCE." Which fix is right?
- Change "529" to "450"
- Change "Justinian" to "Frontinus"
- Change "BCE" to "CE"
- Leave it: it was ancient