<P> Roman art refers to the visual arts made in Ancient Rome and in the territories of the Roman Empire . Roman art includes architecture, painting, sculpture and mosaic work . Luxury objects in metal - work, gem engraving, ivory carvings, and glass are sometimes considered in modern terms to be minor forms of Roman art, although this would not necessarily have been the case for contemporaries . Sculpture was perhaps considered as the highest form of art by Romans, but figure painting was also very highly regarded . The two forms have had very contrasting rates of survival, with a very large body of sculpture surviving from about the 1st century BC on wards, though very little from before, but very little painting at all remains, and probably nothing that a contemporary would have considered to be of the highest quality . </P> <P> Ancient Roman pottery was not a luxury product, but a vast production of "fine wares" in terra sigillata were decorated with reliefs that reflected the latest taste, and provided a large group in society with stylish objects at what was evidently an affordable price . Roman coins were an important means of propaganda, and have survived in enormous numbers . </P>

What are two examples of roman influenced art in modern life