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 1,090 feet
- To 109 meters
- To 43 feet
- To 109 feet at certain points
When did Justinian order his great collection of laws, Kira asks?
- About 450 BCE
- 529 BCE
- 529 CE
- About 126 CE
Frontinus calls the Pyramids "idle" and Greek works "useless". Is that a fact or his opinion, Milo asks?
- Neither: it is a law
- A fact: he ran Rome's water
- A fact: the Pyramids were idle
- His opinion
Which part of the chart is a fact you could check, Noah asks?
- Greek works were useless
- Arches rose to 109 feet
- Aqueducts beat any other building
- The Pyramids were idle
Why might Frontinus praise aqueducts over the Pyramids, Pia asks?
- He built the Pyramids
- He was proud of the aqueducts he ran
- He had measured both of them very carefully
- He was Greek
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 9,800 years
- About 79 years
Why might a collection of laws be useful, Tala asks?
- It ends the laws
- People can find and use the laws
- It hides the laws
- It makes new roads
What shows Roman law still matters today, Zee asks?
- It is a basis for law in many countries
- Rome alone uses it
- Romans still make the laws
- It was forgotten
Ari's note says, "Frontinus proves the Pyramids were useless." Which fix is right?
- Leave it: an important Roman water official said so
- Change "Pyramids" to "aqueducts"
- Change it: Frontinus thought they were idle
- Change "useless" to "109 feet"
Bo's note says, "Justinian's collection came in 529 BCE." Which fix is right?
- Change "Justinian" to "Frontinus"
- Change "529" to "450"
- Change "BCE" to "CE"
- Leave it: it was ancient