Ancient Rome's Influence On The United States

“What the Greeks and Romans considered myths, we consider fairy tales, We can see how very clearly the myths, which emanated from all the cultures, had a huge influence on the development of the modern fairy tale.” This was spoken by Jack Zipes, who is an American academic, this showed that how the Greeks and Romans thought that the things they used weren’t that useful and weren’t going to be used in the future. However, different countries use many of their ideas or what the Romans called “myths”. Ancient Rome had successful times and many successful ideas before they fell to the ground. They influenced many countries such as America and France. Ancient Rome’s ideas such as the government, the Colosseum, and the architecture influenced modern
One example is that Ancient Rome influenced creating checks and balances to help the government. The structure of the Roman Republic influenced the writers of the US Constitution to have checks and balances. Those checks and balances made sure that no section of the government had more power than the others. This shows that the US saw how great the checks and balances worked with Ancient Rome and wanted to be as successful as them. Another example is, Ancient Rome influenced modern US to create an Article I in their Constitution. In the Roman Republic, the Senators created a main part of the government. The US was influenced by Rome and was sparked to add Article I to their Constitution. Lastly, The Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire had basic rights in their laws which carried to the USA and other countries. In the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire’s laws; it said that everyone had the rights to write a will, own properties, make contracts, and the right that everyone had equal treatment under the law. The people who created democracy in the US and France liked the idea of equality. The USA and other countries like France were sparked by the ideas of how the Roman Empire ruled, so they used it in their
An example is that the Colosseum was a like a stadium which held entertainment for the citizens of Rome like gladiator fighting. The Colosseum might have sparked the idea of sports stadiums because both buildings are very large, they both held entertainment but in different ways. The Colosseum held gladiator fighting while a sports stadium holds sports games such as football. Another example is the Colosseum and sports stadiums have many seats. The Colosseum sparked sports stadium to have many seats so that about thousands or more people were able to sit in the stadium to watch the games and to be entertained. The last example is The Colosseum had an awning that was used for many reasons. However, modern America doesn’t really use it for a sports stadium, but for other reasons too. The Colosseum used an awning to keep the audience comfortable. If it was sunny, the awning created shade, but it also created a spotlight on the fighting that was happening. In the modern USA, they don’t have awnings, however, they had spotlights during performances. The spotlights were probably inspired by the awnings in Ancient Rome. The way the Colosseum was built and the technology they used to influence the modern USA in sports stadiums and