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Rome! An Ancient Discovery! Come to Rome and discover one of the richest cultural Empires of the day! From their mythology to the technical advancements to even their farming practices there is interesting culture around every corner! This brochure will give you a better idea about many of the a ctivities that you can do in Rome, the basic travel costs, and much more! Travel Costs: (From USA) This shows the rough estimate of the cost per day when staying in Rome. Type of Trip Price Per Day Budget $116 Medium $219 Luxury $352 http://www.tripbase.com/tools/cost-per-day-calculator/ Let¶s start out with the fancy techy advancements. The Romans were extremely great with the technical side of things and they were wicked good at taking something from another culture, copying it, and refining that technology to make it awesome. This skill made them one of the most technologically advanced peoples of their time. Here are a few exa mples: One of their many amazing achievements was the aqueducts, which were designed to bring water from far away in the mountains and springs and bring it back to the city for use. You see, these were so cool because (1) they were so big, (2) they carried water effectively, and (3) they went on for miles. One aqueduct, that fed the City of Rome, went on for about 70 miles. It was called Aqua Traiana and it was built by hand, block by block. In my opinion, that¶s pretty impressive. The picture above shows you how an aqueduct works. The Romans typically fed their aqueducts from a spring up in the mountains. This provided a high spot to start the downward slope and the water from the springs were (and are) very clean so it¶s like their own personal purified water source. One aqueduct, that fed the City of Rome, went on for about 70 miles. It was called Aqua Traiana and it was built by hand, block by block. In my opinion, that¶s pretty impressive. Another one of Rome¶s cool achievements was their concrete. Their recipe was one of the recipes used up until Portland concrete was invented in 1824, which is the kind used by just about everyone today. It was a major thing because it meant that they could build larger stone structures because they could keep the stone together better. Here¶s a fun one: Mythology. There¶s a wealth of stories and myths the Romans had and they mainly focused on these 12 primary Gods, which is demonstrated below, along with their
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Rome!An Ancient Discovery!
Come to Rome and discover one of the richest cultural Empires of the day!From their mythology to the technicaladvancements to even their farmingpractices there is interesting culture aroundevery corner! This brochure will give you abetter idea about many of the activities thatyou can do in Rome, the basic travel costs,and much more!
Travel Costs: (From USA)This shows the rough estimate of
the cost per day when staying in Rome.
Type of Trip Price Per Day
Budget $116
Medium $219
Luxury $352http://www.tripbase.com/tools/cost-per-day-calculator/
Let¶s start out with the fancy techyadvancements. The Romans were
extremely great with the technical side of
things and they were wicked good at takingsomething from another culture, copying it,
and refining that technology to make itawesome. This skill made them one of themost technologically advanced peoples of their time. Here are a few examples:
One of their many amazingachievements was the aqueducts, whichwere designed to bring water from far away in the mountains and springs andbring it back to the city for use.
You see, these were so coolbecause (1) they were so big, (2) theycarried water effectively, and (3) they wenton for miles.
One aqueduct, that fed the City of
Rome, went on for about 70 miles. It wascalled Aqua Traiana and it was built byhand, block by block. In my opinion, that¶spretty impressive.
The picture above shows you how
an aqueduct works. The Romans typicallyfed their aqueducts from a spring up in themountains. This provided a high spot tostart the downward slope and the water from the springs were (and are) very cleanso it¶s like their own personal purifiedwater source.
One aqueduct, that fed the City of Rome, went on for about 70 miles. It was
called Aqua Traiana and it was built byhand, block by block. In my opinion, that¶spretty impressive.
Another one of Rome¶s coolachievements was their concrete. Their recipe was one of the recipes used up untilPortland concrete was invented in 1824,which is the kind used by just about
everyone today. It was a major thingbecause it meant that they could buildlarger stone structures because they couldkeep the stone together better.
Here¶s a fun one: Mythology.There¶s a wealth of stories and myths theRomans had and they mainly focused onthese 12 primary Gods, which isdemonstrated below, along with their
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