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Compare And Contrast Rome And Greek Government

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One thing constantly happening is this world, modern and past, is change. Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome were no exceptions. Although these two great civilizations were similar, idealism and conquests resulted in changes between their government, art, and religion.

Greece had three common forms of government, these were monarchy, oligarchy, and democracy. The reason for many different types of government across Greece was due to the geography. “The ancient Greek city-states were separated from each other by hilly countryside and all were near the water.” (http://ancienthistory.about.com). Because of the lack of motorboats, transportation between the city-states would have been timely and difficult. This resulted in small changes such as different governments across the civilization.

In comparison, Rome also had a couple forms of government. Ancient Rome was a republic, but as they conquered territory, Rome gathered part of the civilizations cultures and added it to their own. For this reason Rome’s government is “a mixed Republican form …show more content…

The majority of their gods were from the Greek culture, but the Romans changes their names to make it their own. The Greek Zeus became the Roman Jupiter, but he still was the god of the sky. The Romans still worshipped similar to the Greeks where a sacrifice was offered, worshipped in temples, but the Romans held more festivals than the Greeks did. Unlike Greece, where there was only one main religion, in Rome at this time, other religions were starting to develop. Christianity had begun to be preached in Rome and they were gaining congregations. The “Christians often experienced fierce persecution and took refuge in the catacombs of the cities; when discovered, they most often chose a martyr’s death.” (Visual History of the World) Soon after though, a Christian church was formed which allowed them to promote their religion

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