Th? ??t ?? m?s?ic-m?kin?, with its int?ic?t? ??tt??ns ?n? vi???nt c?l??s, st?n?s ?s ? t?st?m?nt t? th? c???tiv? ??ni?s ?? ?nci?nt civiliz?ti?ns. Am?n? th? m?st c?l????t?? ???ctiti?n??s ?? this ?nci?nt ??t w??? th? R?m?ns. Th? R?m?n Em?i??, with its v?st ???ch ?n? ?iv??s? c?lt???s, ??st???? ?n ?nvi??nm?nt wh??? m?s?ic ?n? til? w??k th?iv?? ?s ? m??ns ?? ??tistic ?x???ssi?n, ??chit?ct???l ?m??llishm?nt, ?n? hist??ic?l ??c?m?nt?ti?n.
M?s?ics h?v? ? l?n? hist???, ??t it w?s th? R?m?ns wh? ?l?v?t?? this ??t ???m t? n?w h?i?hts. Th? ??i?ins ?? R?m?n m?s?ics c?n ?? t??c?? ??ck t? ?nci?nt G???c? ?n? th? H?ll?nistic ???i??. Th? G???ks ?s?? ????l?s ?n? st?n?s t? c???t? ??c???tiv? ?l??? ??si?ns. Th? R?m?ns, h?w?v??, ???in?? ?n? ?x??n??? ???n th?s? t?chni???s, inc??????tin? ? wi??? ????? ?? m?t??i?ls ?n? s??j?ct m?tt?? int? th?i? m?s?ic c???ti?ns.
R?m?n m?s?ics w??? c???t?? ?sin? ? v??i?t? ?? m?t??i?ls, incl??in? c?l???? ?l?ss, t????c?tt?, m???l?, ?n? st?n?s s?ch ?s lim?st?n? ?n? t??v??tin?. Th? ??tis?ns, kn?wn ?s “m?s?ïcists,” ??inst?kin?l? c?t th?s? m?t??i?ls int? sm?ll, t?ss?ll?t?? ?i?c?s c?ll?? “t?ss????.” Th?s? t?ss???? w??? th?n ????n??? t? c???t? int?ic?t? ?n? ??t?n hi?hl? ??t?il?? ??si?ns. Th? l?v?l ?? ???cisi?n ?n? c???tsm?nshi? ?is?l???? in R?m?n m?s?ics w?s ? t?st?m?nt t? th? skill ?n? ???ic?ti?n ?? th? ??tists.
R?m?n m?s?ics c?v???? ? wi?? ??n?? ?? th?m?s ?n? s??j?cts. Th?? ???ict?? sc?n?s ???m m?th?l???, ??il? li??, ?l??? ?n? ???n?, ???m?t?ic ??tt??ns, ?n? ??st??ct ??si?ns. S?m? ?? th? m?st ??m??s R?m?n m?s?ics ???ict ???s ?n? ?????ss?s, hist??ic?l ?v?nts, ?n? ?v?n ???t??its ?? ?m?????s ?n? im???t?nt ?i????s. Th?s? m?s?ics s??v?? n?t ?nl? ?s ??c???tiv? ?l?m?nts ??t ?ls? ?s ??c???s ?? th? c?lt???l, ??litic?l, ?n? s?ci?l c?nt?xt ?? th?i? tіm?.
R?m?n m?s?ics w??? n?t c?n?in?? t? ?l???s ?l?n?. Th?? ????n?? w?lls, c?ilin?s, ???nt?ins, ?n? ?v?n ???lic ??thh??s?s. In ???n? vill?s ?n? ???l?nt ??l?c?s, m?s?ic ?l???s ??t?n s??v?? ?s th? ??c?l ??int ?? ??chit?ct???l ??si?n. Th?s? m?s?ics t??ns???m?? s??c?s int? w??ks ?? ??t, ?l?v?tin? th? ?m?i?nc? ?n? sh?wc?sin? th? w??lth ?n? t?st? ?? th? inh??it?nts.
Th? ?????ilit? ?? R?m?n m?s?ics is ? t?st?m?nt t? th?i? c???tsm?nshi?. M?n? h?v? s??viv?? ??? c?nt??i?s, ???i?? ??n??th l????s ?? hist???, ?nl? t? ?? ???isc?v???? ?? ??ch???l??ists. P?m??ii ?n? H??c?l?n??m, ???s??v?? ?? th? ????ti?n ?? M??nt V?s?vi?s in AD 79, ??v??l?? ?n ???n??nc? ?? w?ll-???s??v?? R?m?n m?s?ics, ?????in? ? ?ni??? wіп??w int? ??il? li?? ???in? th? R?m?n Em?i??.
Th? l???c? ?? R?m?n m?s?ics ?xt?n?s ??? ????n? th? ??????s ?? th? ?m?i??. Th?? h?v? l??t ?n in??li?l? m??k ?n th? w??l? ?? ??t ?n? ??chit?ct???. B?z?ntin?, Isl?mic, ?n? R?n?iss?nc? c?lt???s w??? ?ll in?l??nc?? ?? R?m?n m?s?ic t?chni???s, ?n? t??c?s ?? R?m?n m?s?ic ??si?ns c?n ?? s??n in c?nt?m?????? ??t ?n? int??i?? ??si?n.
In c?ncl?si?n, R?m?n m?s?ics ??? n?t m???l? ??ch???l??ic?l ??ti??cts; th?? ??? ? t?st?m?nt t? th? in??n?it?, ??tistic ???w?ss, ?n? c?lt???l ?ichn?ss ?? ?nci?nt R?m?. Th?s? int?ic?t? c???ti?ns s??v? ?s ? ??i??? ??tw??n th? ??st ?n? th? ???s?nt, ?????in? ?s ? ?lim?s? int? ? w??l? th?t v?l??? ??th ????t? ?n? st???t?llin?. Th? ?n???in? ?????l ?? R?m?n m?s?ics li?s n?t ?nl? in th?i? ??sth?tic ????t? ??t ?ls? in th?i? ??ilit? t? c?nn?ct ?s with th? ????l? ?n? st??i?s ?? ?n ?nci?nt ?m?i?? th?t sh???? th? c???s? ?? hist???.