Ancient Rome Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Legacy== {{Main|Legacy of the Roman Empire|Classics}} Ancient Rome is the progenitor of [[Western world|Western civilisation]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jacob Dorsey Forrest |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pnJDAAAAIAAJ |title=The development of western civilization: a study in ethical, economic and political evolution |publisher=The University of Chicago Press |year=1906}}; {{Cite book |last=William Cunningham |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C3kqAAAAYAAJ |title=An Essay on Western Civilization in Its Economic Aspects: Mediaeval and modern times |publisher=University Press |year=1900 |access-date=31 May 2012}}; [[Andrew Fleming West]], ''Value of the classics''. 1917. p. 185</ref> The [[Norm (sociology)|customs]], [[Religion in ancient Rome|religion]], [[Roman law|law]], [[Roman technology|technology]], [[Roman architecture|architecture]], [[Politics of Ancient Rome|political system]], [[Roman military|military]], [[Latin literature|literature]], [[Latin language|languages]], [[Latin alphabet|alphabet]], government and many factors and aspects of western civilisation are all inherited from Roman advancements. The rediscovery of Roman culture revitalised Western civilisation, playing a role in the [[Renaissance]] and the [[Age of Enlightenment]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kuno Fischer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pnRYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA85 |title=History of modern philosophy |publisher=C. Scribner's Sons |year=1887 |page=85}}; {{Cite book |last=Michael Burger |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MQUs2QnC2F4C&pg=PA203 |title=The Shaping of Western Civilization: From Antiquity To the Enlightenment |date=2008 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-1551114323 |page=203}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page