i NEED HELP WiTH THE LEGACIES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE?

Answer 1

As the Western Roman Empire crumbled, the new Germanic rulers who had conquered the provinces felt the need to uphold many Roman laws and traditions as they felt appropriate. Many of the invading Germanic tribes were already Christianised, but most of them were followers of Arianism. They quickly converted to the Catholic faith, gaining more loyalty by the local Romanized population and at the same time recognition and support by the powerful Roman Catholic Church. Although they initially continued to recognise their indigenous tribal laws, they were more influenced by Roman Law and gradually incorporated it as well.

Roman Law, particularly the Corpus Juris Civilis collected by order of Justinian I, is the ancient basis on which the modern Civil law stands. In contrast, Common law is based on the Germanic Anglo-Saxon law.

Latin as a language never really disappeared. It combined with neighboring Germanic and Celtic languages, giving origin to many modern Romance languages such as: Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian and Romansh, and influenced many Germanic languages such as English, German, Dutch and many others to a certain extent. It survives in its "purer" form as the language of the Roman Catholic Church (the Mass was spoken in Latin until 1970) and was used as a lingua franca between many nations. It remained the language of medicine, law, diplomacy (most treaties were written in Latin), of intellectuals and scholarship.

The Latin alphabet was expanded with the letters J, K, W and Z and is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. Roman numerals continue to be used but were mostly replaced by Arabic numerals.

The ideal of the Roman Empire as a mighty Christian Empire with a single ruler continued to seduce many powerful rulers. Charlemagne, King of the Franks and Lombards, was even crowned as Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III in 800. Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire like Frederick I Barbarossa, Frederick II and Charles V, and mighty Sultans like Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire, among others, tried to a certain extent to resurrect it, but none of their attempts were successful.

A very visible legacy of the Western Roman Empire is the Roman Catholic Church. The Church slowly began to replace Roman institutions in the West, even helping to negotiate the safety of Rome during the late 5th Century. As Rome was invaded by Germanic tribes, many assimilated, and by the middle of the medieval period (c.9th and 10th centuries) the central, western and northern parts of Europe had been largely converted to the Roman Catholic Faith and acknowledged the Pope as the Vicar of Christ.


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Answer 2

This sounds suspiciously like a school term paper or homework topic. But I'll play. The Roman Empire was the most effective instrument of communication at that time. Without the Roman roads and the constant traffic in messengers and traders, Christianity would not have spread anywhere near as fast as it did. It wasn't long before the Emperor saw the political advantage of using Christianity to manipulate the masses into compliance with the will of Rome. The bishop of Rome was deemed to be the most important of all the bishops, and developed into the head of the Church with more and more centralized power in the Church corresponding to the Emperor's power in secular life. The alliance of the two powerful figures was invincible until the secular part disintegrated, leaving the Pope the only truly consolidated power in Europe.

Answer 3

Legacies Huh:

Literary gift to the world-after Roman Empire self destructed the Middle Ages or Dark Ages had very little written about it. Roman libraries, aquaducts, plumbing, theatres, sports arenas, all gifts to us from the Romans.

Olympic games came from Romans.

Romans eventually got to the point that they only involved themselves with eating and pleasure/circuses. They believed themselves to be invincible until the Barbarians defeated them.

They built so many roads that the saying goes - "All roads lead to Rome."

Answer 4

Jeancommunicates:

The Romans didn't originate the Olympic games. It was the ancient greeks in 776 BC.

Answer 5

can you put more info up about your question. Their lagacy can be seen in areas from law and goverment to buildings even their roads are still in use today.

Answer 6

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