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What Roman acheivements have lasted in some form until the present day?

Think about. *architecture,engineering,technology *influences on languages * roman law

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1. Roman Numerals - they still use them at the end of movies.
2. The calender.
3. Plumbing is a pretty big one.
4. Renaissance art, classical architecture, aquaducts, straight roads, romantic languages, and a lot of influence in law.
5. Aqueducts, United States government waas based of Roman government from it's very beginnings. Latin is the base of all the romance languages and id say at least 95 % of English is derived from latin.
6. Lawyers The size of railroad tracks is based on the Roman chariot. Indoor plumbing. overuse of lead......
7. The US government in significant part and associated terms, i.e., Senate.
8. The Roman Catholic religion.
9. Plumbing, central heating, roads. many Latin words are incorporated into the languages of Europe, including english.