The ancient Romans were very different from the ancient Greeks. The
ancient Romans were down-to-earth realists, not idealists. You can
see this in their statues. The Greeks made statues of perfect people. The
Romans created real life statues. A statue of one of the Roman emperors is
a good example. His nose is huge! The ancient Greeks would never have done
that.
The Romans were fierce soldiers and wonderful builders. They
built roads all over the empire, and all roads led to Rome. The ancient Greeks
had roads, but they were not built nearly as well, and the Greek's roads
did not connect in any particular order. Connect to what? Each Greek city-state
was its own unit. In ancient Rome, Rome was the heart of the empire!
Two thousand years ago, Rome was a busy place.
Find out what the ancient Romans did all
day! Read the delightfully zany, original story, Thomas, Greatest Lawyer
in all...Rome!