can someone please tell me why were the Romans important as a civilisation?

Answer 1

Emperor Justinian gave us the concepts of Justice and codefied several laws, many of which are still used today. These came from Constantinople however, and not Rome, and it was at the end of the 6th century CE

Julius Caesar and his adopted son Octavian expanded Rome's territories. Consequently, Roman culture spread.

The habbit of having shops on the lower floor of a building with apartments upstairs is Roman.

Building ditches and forming walls with the earth for fortifications is Roman.

The letters we use in our writing are what is known as the Roman alphabet. Most of the barbarian tribes did not have a formal system of writing. Important to civilization is the ability to preserve ideas so that we may share and learn. (printing press led to mass development of Western culture in the years that followed).

Rome invented the census, which is important for city development. A census tells a govenment how much to tax, what sort of improvements need to be made, and how much grain/other supplies to store.

Rome preserved Greek culture. After the fire at the library of Alexandria, the number of preserved texts were few. Rome embraced Greece and copied the texts.

Rome is also the civilization that established Christianity. When Constantine did this, it was only a minority maybe 6% of the population. The establishment of the pope as the supreme authority would have a tremendous effect sparking the crusades, persecutions, and development of Western thought.

The Romans established the concept of imperialism. The Germanic tribes sacked Rome and were crowned king by the pope. It was based on this history that Charlemagne established the Holy Roman Empire, also known as the 1st Reich. That empire lasted for hundreds of years to be later revived as the 2nd Reich. And in modern times, Germans again brought up the notion of imperialism, that they were the rightful rulers of Europe in another empire, the third reich of Nazi Germany. At the beginning of the 20th century, German scholars were translating Latin works into German. This spread a sense of nationalism and dug up historical feelings of being the natural rulers of what was once the Roman empire. There are a few books written about this, and yes, Hitler had them in his personal library.

I would say it was the most influential civilization in history for better and for worse.

One should realize that the Romans gave up a democratic Republic for a dictatorship. Unfortunately history repeats itself

Answer 2

They were the civiliation that the Western world drew it's influence from. Everything from the way we plan our cities, the architecture we use and the laws we obey is based on the Romans.

Without the Romans, our world would look entirely different.

Answer 3

Allocation of land use and rights, and protection for the land-vendors, and renovation of books - which grow to be began via Alfred the excellent at the same time as he saved all the books in his area - starting up the libaries of immediately. it really is my humble opinion. .

Answer 4

They established efficient government institutions like "Public Works" programs for water works, roads, government buildings, legal tort systems, investment banking, etc.

Answer 5

they created the first:
tax system
welfare system
quick drying cement
public waterworks (think aqueducts)
arches (ie buildings)
public sewers
permanent public sporting event venues (colliseum)

that' just for starters

Answer 6

because an incredible amount of our society is based on it, law in particular