INTRODUCTION

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula and it expanded to Mediterranean Sea. The Italian Peninsula has some valleys and plains, most of them are at higher elevations. In Roman´s civilization the land was less rugged than Greece, so travel by land was much easier, but, travel by sea was more difficult because Italy had few good harbors.
Rome has three important moments that were: Monarchy, Republic and Empire.
The root of the legal practices of Ancient Rome were take from the Twelve Tables to the codification of Emperor Justinian I, this is very important because is the main body of our rules.
Ancient Rome contribute many things in art, architecture, literature, music, social organization, and many other things. They took many things from Greece civilization and they applied to their organization. It is also important to name the legend of Romulus and Remus that is a story told to explain how Rome began.