1. who were the better citizens - the Greeks or the Romans? Better governors? More artistic? More rational and practical? Justify your answers...
2. Compare the Greek civilizaton with the Roman civilization. Which left more indelible imprints?
3. Explain the statement; "The Roman empire did not fall, it was pushed."
2006-11-16 05:08:01 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Better citizens, the Greeks. They understood themselves as responsible for the (Polis) City they lived in. They established more and different ways to be an active citizen.
better governors??? If you mean more humane, Greeks, but if you imply efficiency: Romans, by far.
More artistic, there is no way to say both were a lot. More rational: Greeks, just bring to your mind the names of philosophers, mathematicians, historians...
More practical: Romans. Think of architecture.
Rome left lots of things:
An empire that shaped the middle ages, Latin, which is the base for at least five important languages, a law and legal structure that still works.
But Greeks left Ideas, and the basis for most of the western knowledge. So I stay with this last option.
They were pushed on two different fronts. Europe by the Germans end far east by lots of cultures. Turks, Muslims, and (Persis)
2006-11-16 05:42:25 · answer #1 · answered by sofista 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋