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=Landmarks- the great builders of Rome, Italy= Tools and methods they used include many ways to direct water and create modern-day things.

Their roads were precise, their bridges were advanced and their ability to use water was astounding. The Romans built their roads with sticks and weights and aligned them to make roads as straight as possible. The roads were angled outward to make water run off to the sides instead of sit and destroy the road. The romans built bridges with such precision it was truly incredible. then would put logs in the water and barricade underneath the bridge's path. once they stopped the flow of water they would pile up and keep going with their road. with them working around the water and over it it shows their true talent with the elements.

The Coloseum, a very iconic symbol of ancient rome. It lives with pressent day rome as it lived with ancient rome centuries ago. The construction of this arena is simply amazing! Under what was the dirt flood were cells and cages to house the gladiators, prisoners, and animals. They would have battles to the death with gladiators. They would have a lion and a man go at it in the center of the arena. All of the festivities showed the true human strength and abilities of that time. When the coliseum was whole there were statues in every archway and it could hold up to 50,000 people at a time not including the gladiators and animals.Romans watching were protected by nets that ran along the whole outside of the arena. Those nets were the only thing that stood between the spectators and the animals/gladiators.

The Pantheon, another one of Rom ﻿ e's icons, was an innovation to all structures and buildings of that time.The dome on top and the columns out front were really a masterpiece. The dome had never really appeared before until this time, it was a very difficult structure to build. This was possible with the use of concrete, a mixture of rocks and sediment to create a strong stone like rock. The Romans were not in fact the first to use concrete but they used it more than anybody else at the time. The innovation and the advancements just show how powerful and great the Romans were like the great Julius Caesar.