Today my sister and I decided to go see the Roman exhibition at the CKS Memorial. The first thing I saw is a map of the Roman empire. I never realize how big the Roman empire is until today. When I turned to my left, I saw that famous line “Rome is not built in one day”. Other than that, there are many ancient statues and artifacts in the exhibition. All the details of the muscles and facial expression made all the beautiful statues vivid. I tried to identify many statues of gods and goddesses. However, I learned the ancient gods by their Greeks names. Unfortunately I can’t link all the statues together in my mind because they were presented with their Roman names. At the exhibition, daily life of ordinary Roman is also presented. Average Romans usually only ate a small amount of food for breakfast and lunch. Dinner is their major meal, enjoying abundant delicious food and wine. One of the coolest thing is their public bath tube. Actually, it was not just a bath tube. It had gym, sauna, and meeting rooms. Hundred and thousands pieces of woods were required to heat up all the water. Unlike modern public, men and women were separated not by rooms, but by time. In addition, one section of the exhibition shows many coins used by the Romans. Many coins were carved with the head of the ruler of each period, such as Augustus, in order to show his power. In addition, the Romans had great skills on architecture. They build a long tunnel, which is called aqueduct, with multiple arches to carry water from a far distance into the city of Rome. The Romans truly impressed me after I watched this exhibition.
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