The Romans spread an earlier type of floor art called mosaic. A mosaic is a picture made up of many small colored tile pieces or glass pieces. Roman art mainly focused on emotions, feelings, moods, and all sorts of imagination that the artist had visioned. Sculpting techniques from the Roman age were also a popular view to look at in modern times. The Romans used stone, precious metals, glass and terracotta but they mainly used bronze and marble for their finest work. The Greeks were the first people to ever create statue based monuments as realistic forms. The Romans used this style of art.
The philosophy of Stoicism was especially influenced in Rome. Stoicism featured the importance of virtue duty and strength in life. The goal of Stoicism was to avoid suffering by living a life of not really caring, and of self control. The Stoic's life should be based on reason and based on peace within the universe. The beliefs of Stoicism helped create a strong citizenship in Rome. …show more content…
Since the Romans had claimed victory for most of Europe, Latin is the basis for many European language. Latin was the official language of the empire because it was the original language of Rome, and it was the most spoken language there. Latin had remained the main language, but Greek was also a popular language due to the fact that most of the literature that the Romans read was either in Greek or translated from it. These european languages included, spanish, italian, french, portuguese, and romanian. Many of the words we say in English have a basis in