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Comparing the

Infrastructures of Ancient
Rome and Present-Day
America
By Sofia Diaco, Ryan Jamison, and Jurien
Garrison

An infrastructure
is the basic
setup of a city.

What Is an

Government
Roman Republic:
Included 2 consuls, a Senate, and a
tribal assembly.
Consuls elected by the Senate, and
they serve as a check to power.
Serve 1 term, command army,
supervise government.
The Senate represents the wealthy
upper class.
Senate included 300 members,
and they serve for life.
The Tribal Assembly represents the
poor lower class.

United States:
Includes 1 president, a Senate, and a
House of Representatives.
President elected by the people.
Serves 1 four-year term, and can
choose to serve another term if they
get re-elected.
Includes 3 branches.
Executive, Judicial, Legislative.
Serve as a check to power.
Members of the Senate serve 6-year terms.
Members of the House of Representatives
serve 2-year terms.

As you can see, both Senate houses have similar setups.

Roads
Rome:
Romans built roads to
enable transportation
around the empire.
"The Greeks are famous for
their cities and in this they
aimed at beauty. The
Romans excelled in those
things which the Greeks
took little interest in such
as the building of roads,
aqueducts and sewers."Strabo, a Greek
geographer.

United States:
The US has roads going
pretty much everywhere,
enabling transportation all
around the country.

The United States, as you can clearly


see, has many more roads than Ancient
Rome.

Maintaining the Roads


The problem with building roads is the
cost to upkeep them. In Ancient
Rome, the initial cost of the road was
paid for by the government, and then
the cost to maintain them was paid
for by the local government. In the
US, the government pays for the
roads with money from taxes.

Aqueducts
Rome:
United States:
The Romans built
The US has
aqueducts, usually
aqueducts as well,
underground, so
and they are used
they could channel
for the same
water into their
purposes.
On the left is
city.
a picture of
an aqueduct
in Rome,
and on the
right is a
picture of an
aqueduct in
the United

Sanitation Systems
Ancient Rome
Pipes made on a
potters wheel were
used to bring fresh
water into the city,
and waste out of it.

United States
Groundwater or
surface water is used
for drinking, and
sewers and septic
tanks are used for
storing waste.

Sewers back in Ancient


Rome were similar to
those of the United
States. Now, they are
just more advanced.

Arches
Ancient Rome

Used bricks that were


fired in a kiln.
Marvelous buildings
that still stand today
were constructed.
Example: Coliseum

United States

Uses bricks and


various other types of
materials.
Example: The
Gateway Arch in St.
Louis.
Arches are a

construction design
that are useful. The
weight of the structure
can be held without
creating a giant wall,
and less materials are

Conclusion
Without Ancient Roman advances, the
United States would not be where it
is today. We would have no way to
get around the country, no way to
get water, no way to remove waste,
and our architecture would not be as
beautiful as it is today. The United
States is following Romes footsteps,
and we need to make sure it does
not lead to the fall of our country.

Works Cited

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Images Cited

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