The Romans made many advances in science and medicine. Archimedes of Syracuse founded the formulas of spheres and cylinders, the actual number of pi which is used mostly for a circle's circumference, as well as other discoveries in astronomy and engineering (Osheim and Roberts 138). Archimedes also invented the water snail which was "a screw like device to raise water for irrigation...which made it possible to irrigate previously barren land" (Osheim and Roberts 138).

The idea of astronomy first came from advances in mathematics (Osheim and Roberts 138). The Romans used to believe that the sun revolved around the earth, when in 275 B.C., Aristarchus of Samos made the hypothesis that the earth really revolves around the sun, and then in 135 B.C., Hipparchus of Nicaea proved this hypothesis correct (Osheim and Roberts 138). Many other medical adv

Even in the twenty-first century, more than two thousand years later, the laws and guidelines of Christianity are still being followed. The church does not like divorce, but it is allowed. Women can choose who they want to marry, for their fathers no longer have to pick a partner for them. Also, it is taught that both men and women are to be faithful to their spouse, not just the woman.

ances were made around this time, such as cross-fertilization and the first dissection of a human. The scientists would practice dissecting on criminals that were condemned to death (Osheim and Roberts 138).

Before Christianity was formed, women were not allowed to turn down a marriage, for their father would make them marry whomever they picked, men did not have to be faithful, and divorce was not an option (Osheim and Roberts 241). According to an article by Athenagoras titled "Sexuality and Family Life" (Perry 174), it is a good thing to stay a virgin until marriage. Saving yourself for one person is like saving yourself for God. "Because in the beginning God made one man and one woman-and dissolving the strictest union of flesh with flesh, formed for the intercourse of the race..." (Perry 175). Cheating on your spouse or partner is a sin and one will be punished at the end of his life. Ev

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