What is the effect the rise of roman civilization

The Romans didn't invent drainage, sewers, the alphabet or roads, but they did develop them.They did help the proccess and better them. They did invent underfloor heating, concrete and the calendar that our modern calendar is based on. Concrete played an important part in Roman building, helping them construct structures like aqueducts that included arches.

a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”