I don’t know that it did in minds of most people in the years following its downfall until more modern times.
Once we enter the medieval period like 90% or better of the populace we’re peasants. They were far too busy trying to survive and serving their lord than using time wondering about Ancient Rome. Most did not know how to read or write either. Unless they lived where Roman ruins were visible, the only things they heard of Rome were from the Bible and even then were focused on the moral lesson not so much the culture and overall history of the empire. They may have been familiar with Latin as well, the language of Rome, the language of the church, but how many knew it compared to the vernacular in their region is debatable.
That’s the peasants though.
The nobility did certainly to some extent, especially kings. I think this is because Rome up til then was one of the most powerful empires of all time disputably and certainly so in the west. Not to mention it lasted for hundreds of years. Certainly this would be something a ruler would find impressive and hope to mimic one day. In terms of Roman architecture it was excellent and we also find many churches and monasteries that we call “Romanesque” due to its quality. Meaning they echoed the Roman’s in terms of architecture and grandness. Other buildings also have these features as well. The Normans built many of such abbeys and monasteries, for example Mont St. Michele, and Abbey aux Dames in Caen. They built a cathedral Capella Palintina (Palentine Chapel) in Sicily which has Greek and Arab influences in it also. Westminster Abby was originally built by Norman craftsmen in the same style if I’m
Not mistaken, and was restored and rebuilt under Henry III. I think with the nobility, the Roman world would have been interesting to anyone interested in studying history as there were many writings for them to study. I’m sure they also admired their military prowess. Being a society heavily geared towards war medieval Europeans would have admired the Romans.
In preceding centuries I’m sure others like Napoleon and other rulers and generals admired them for the same reasons as their medieval counterparts and were fascinated how a people could conquer pretty much all of the know world. Additionally here we stand in 2021. In BC times the Roman’s we’re pulling off great feats of architecture and building, like the colosseum and aqueducts. They were a fully functioning republic and had complicated government and laws. Meanwhile, today, some people in the world still live in huts made of twinge, use Stone Age weapons, and have the most basic forms of government and laws, and the Roman’s were extremely advance compared to them today literally thousands of years ago.
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The Roman Empire is basically the quintessential world power that all other empires and world powers are compared against, relative to their time. This is mainly due to not only being one of the largest in history, but also much longer-lasting than most others. After the Romans split into two empires, and later broke up into smaller kingdoms, every future attempt to recreate it failed, even though a European power under the name "Holy Roman Empire" existed off and on in various forms for hundreds of years afterwards, while the dwindling Byzantine Empire was the only true successor to the Eastern Roman Empire until its eventual defeat by the Turks.
Throughout its history, the Romans grew their borders through conquest to nearly the size of Alexander's Greece while enduring exponentially longer, existed as both a Republic and a monarchy, endured several civil wars, officially adopted an entirely new religion, and was also so prevalent that a lot of non-Romans actively attempted to immigrate and assimilate into the Empire, with varying degrees of success. There's basically no political scenario that the Romans didn't have to deal with at some point in their existence.
Roman empire shaped the core of European cultures. Romulus and Remus were fed with milk by wolf-mother and didn't grow up as sheep.
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Before the romans there was not really any use of writing in Europe, a lot relied on bards, Druids etc.
Engineering was fairly basic, bridges were very limited, building was also not really that great tbh.
then the Romans arrived and started the ball moving on civilisation?
one of the biggest things the romans did with most far reaching impact, was killing off the Druids.
This pretty much destroyed Celtic society and paved the way for Christianity (even though it was not planned that way).
if the Druids had of still been around, then Christianity would have never taken root in France, UK, without that foothold it would have likely foundered or pushed east more than it did.
They also brought the following to societies that never really had them.
sanitation.
central heating (principles of it)
Actual roads
Bureaucracy that writing thing, keeping records etc.
Plumbing
but the most important thing was Latin, that greatly influenced language and was the language used for centuries afterwards and is still taught.
additionally Laws / Legal system is a huge legacy from the romans
https://dailyhistory.org/How_has_ancient_Rome_influenced_European_lawFor two reasons
1. Modern democracy of the West is modelled on the Roman Empire ruiling template (The senate, the Emperor/president etc). If we remove the word "Roman" from its title, it could maybe be argued that a modern manifestation of the Empire exists today in the form of the collective West.
2. Religiously, the West is predominantly Christian, which was chosen as the Imperial religion to spread with the expansion of the Roman Empire. In fact the first major schism in Christianity coincided with the West (Rome)/ East (Constantinoble) split of the Roman Empire.All of the European colonizing powers are either on land that was originally part of the Roman Empire, or in the case of Russia have long identified with Rome for cultural/religious/propaganda reasons related to the fall of Constantinople, the last capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, to the Ottoman Turks, happening at around the same time the Grand Prince of Moscow achieved hegemony over the Eastern Slavs. Russians are Orthodox Christians, like the Byzantine Greeks, and for them Constantinople was the center of Christendom. Interestingly, the Turks also identified with the Romans, and Sultan of Rome became one of the titles of the Ottoman leader after the conquest.
Because the Roman Empire laid a foundation in terms of culture and language. Languages like Italian, French or Spanish developed from latin and still use many words that were originally latin. The romans ruled most of central Europe they ruled more and longer than any European superpower of the European continent.
Furthermore they developed and used philosophy, religion and answered social questions better than any other nation before them. They managed to rule a federal state without robbing the provinces of their wealth and money.
When the Roman Empire became Christian, they developed a strong connection between both.Because the Roman Empire is arguably the most successful civilization in human history. They controlled most of the known world and had about 200 years of unprecedented peace and economic prosperity. They achieved what everyone else has tried to - failed to - before and ever since.
Longest western mythology, skill and courage to expand/take any fort by no force at all or minimal force and include it in their trading networks.
They built roads, essentially, which made trade much easier. It probably invented the concept of business and guilds/manufacturing of tools and products/was the first industrial revolution.The Roman Empire ruled the then-known western world (Europe and the Mediterranean) for 800 years. In that time, its ideas and technology became a basis for future societies.
Maybe westerners don't have big enough imagination haha just kidding
It's also the greeks... and the norse... and the celts. I wouldn't stay it's focused on the Romans, but the Romans did have a wider reaching empire and so those cultural remnants are there.
Rome... Is... Considered... One of the greatest countires... So... ... Ask ur history teacher why should u ask about Rome on gag?
Same reason the macedonian, egyptian, persian, babilonian, etc...
Ask england and the roman catholic church. Both did the same
It's the most overrated empire ever
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I like the Republic better
Lol do your own homework.
The Roman Empire is part of Western Civilization
I think the Crusades did more.
Because it ruled most of it, dumbass.
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