Ancient Greeks And The Roman Empire

In examining the impact that the ancient world has had on modern Western civilization, the two ancient civilizations which are frequently understood as having had the greatest influence are Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. These two civilizations would eventually come to shape much of what would become the modern European culture, politics and society, and by extension, a vast proportion of global culture and society. In examining the trajectory of modern history in an era of globalization of Western ideas and modes of living, the importance of these civilizations in world history is extensive, contributing to cultural, political and social trends which may well dominate the globe in the future.

The Greek’s did not invent the idea of a city-state. Other societies, such as the Sumer, had city-states themselves, but these city-states were only political centers (HWS 119). The Greek poleis were more than political, which is why citizenship started. Each individual polis contained laws and customs that directly related to the citizens of that city-state (HWS 119). In addition, the whole Greek civilization came about through multiple poleis with each one

     The ancient Greek and Roman civilizations of Europe began to progress toward a more civilized order of society. As there were no previous establishment to base their ideals on, it was understandable that there were some difficulties in their progression as a society. Although the ancient Greek and Roman governments fell, both had similar paths of creation, conquest, and destruction.

A Greek city-state was known as a polis. Some factors that determined a polis was the acropolis and agora.

Thesis: The Greek influence of outstanding culture, gods, and their beautiful art to the Romans’ they took this inspiration on to their own creation. Both ancient build devotion to their gods they would bring the most precious things to them temples, however, they would focus on making large empire to rule and to take control of their city-states.

The video on YouTube named “THE ANCIENT GREEKS - ENGINEERING AN EMPIRE - Discovery History Science (full documentary)” by AncientDiscoveryHistory tells the story of the Ancient Greece. The video mentions that for over one thousand years, the charismatic and strong people of Greece made the most advanced technological wonders that the world has ever seen. Greece is a country of islands and city-states that was ruled by leaders whose thirst for greatness united people. However, Persia was the world’s superpower of that time. Persians were self-confident and multi-ethnic. Persia was a land power. A Persian invasion force of epic proportions came to Greece to add it to its empire, but Greece was ready to battle.

In ancient times, the Greek and Roman Empires were the leading figures in their world. In these civilizations, the world saw continuous new inventions of items, thoughts, and ways of living. As ancient Greece and Rome grew, the characteristics of culture grew as well, with cities, arts and architecture, technology and science, social structure, government, religion and philosophy, and writing and literature becoming more diverse and modernized. Though they began nearly 3,000 years ago, the Greek and Roman Empires’ advancements still impact the modern world in all areas of culture, particularly in government, religion and technology.

There are some reasons that are given to explain why the Greeks dreamt of having what the Romans had built over time. Firstly, it is important to note that the Greeks are the people who invented philosophy and science. On the other hand, despite having great philosophers and scientists, the Romans produced engineers, administrators, and architects, unlike the Greeks. As a result of this,

During the era of the Greek and Romans, each society expanded as powerful empires, which both contained many similarities and differences. Some of their many similar aspects were religion and leadership characteristics. While their differences included their political system and military. Religion was a big part of both the Greek and Roman life. The religion that was originally created by the Greeks worshipped 12 gods and certain other creatures.

The Hellenistic civilization marked an important time in Greek culture. This was the period between 323 and 31 BC, at one point the Greek society changed from being withdrawn and localized to an aggressive multinational, unprotected, and eager culture that infused together southwest Asia and eastern Mediterranean. The Hellenistic world involved many different people but the Greeks’ thinking and way of life influenced most of the matters.1 Every aspect related to culture followed the beliefs of the Greeks and this led to the Greek language becoming established, as the official language of this area. The following arguments are centralized around

When the Romans conquered Greece, not only did they discover that the Greeks had much to offer, but the Romans eventually adopted and built upon many of the Greek traditions. In terms of religion,

In around 428-65 BC, Greece and Rome were both creating new cultural ideals, ways of using government, and built allies to help benefit the country. Both Empires created similar cultures including cities,technology, complex institutions, record keeping and specialized works. Eventually when they began to expand into a vast empires, they had to come up with ways of organizing and obtaining enough resources for their people. This lead to complex trading tactics, forms of government, and social structure. Even though Rome and Greece were both critical to the creation of the United States, Rome was more influential due to the way it trades with other countries, glorified people of certain social positions, and structured its government.

According to the Greeks polis was going to be the solution for the uniting the community. Polis is what the Greeks felt would help structure and strengthen their government. Polis is the root from which the words politics and political come from. When the Greeks developed Polis it was considered to be more socially collective. Polis was defined as “city-state”. When being defined as “city-state” it gave a meaning of independence and political value. Which is something our government contains today. Polis was centered on a small town or community of Greek citizens. Polis helped develop legal, social and cultural customs that differentiated according to the population of the people. They organized around social centers known as agora or central

Another empire would soon take many influences from the Greeks. In Rome, an empire was beginning to rise. Roman civilization had its roots in Hellenistic culture because they idolized them. They borrowed and enhanced upon the Greek intellectual accomplishments. As the empire expanded this would become increasingly important. As the Romans continued to expand their empire and influence, they were also spreading the culture of those who influenced them—the Greeks. The Roman Empire at their peak had a vast control over much of the Mediterranean and into Europe—controlling much of Britain, Spain, France, the North African coast, much of Asia minor. Within these regions they had vast numbers provinces where they would allow rule the local

The earliest Roman house was primarily very little wattle-and-daub cottages with thatched roofs. This can be hardly spectacular as Rome originated as a bunch of rural villages. By the time of the tip of the autocracy, however, a home’s designed on Italian lines was engineered (Kamm's, 2008).