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738 BCE
The Calender
The Julian calendar was made by Julius Caesar this is the same calendar that we use today -
365 BCE
Roman Books
In about AD 365 Romans began to make books of parchment (skins of animals). The sheets were folded and sewn together and looked much more like modern books. We obviously still use books today and they resemble the ones used in 365 BC. -
312 BCE
Roman Roads
In Britain there were no roads prior to arrival of the Romans who created a network of straight, solid highways built on foundations of clay, chalk and gravel with larger flat stones laid on top. Roads in use in the UK today are overlying original Roman roads, while many other modern roads follow very similar paths to those they created. -
59 BCE
Roman News paper (The Acta diurna)
said to date from before 59 bce, recorded official business and matters of public interest. the Acta diurna constituted a type of daily events, and it was, in a sense, the prototype of the modern newspaper. -
30 BCE
Concrete
The recipe for Roman concrete was described around 30 B.C. by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio. The concrete was made out of volcanic ash.They packed this mortar and rock chunks into wooden molds immersed in seawater. Today concrete is made out of cement and water.