why was ancient rome better than ancient greece?

Question

i have to do a project choosing which one is better and why but i cant think of any reasons

Answer 1

neither was necesarrily better. When rome conqered greece their culture and language was a norm in the roman empire. Greece invented the western way of war and alexander the great conquered the known world, so i guess that makes greece better. However americahas based itself upon the roman society so they were also great.

Answer 2

Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece, in essence refers to different periods of Ancient History. Almost all of the advances that Rome had to its credit were built upon by the knowledge they assimilated by Ancient Greece. Rome lasted longer because they were a united civilization, loosely allied city-states.

Answer 3

Ancient Greece is probably the more interesting subject mostly because it hasn't been featured in movies and television as much as Rome. Ancient Greece was greatly copied by the Romans from architecture to their pantheon on Gods and to some extent their government. The use of Greek architecture today in public buildings and so forth, our democratic modern ideals and literature are easy to compare to the ancient and modern ideals of beauty.

Answer 4

There is a quote that come to mind when you asked that question

"Greek theory, Roman practice"

While the Greeks professed a love for science and democracy, they were, on a whole, a deeply superstitious, and a highly xenophobic society. Only a man actually born of the city from another citizen of the polis was considered true member and allowed to participate in the democratic process. Women and foreigners, in particular were treated as something less than human. Remember, Socrates wasn't forced to kill himself, nor did he even face imprisonment. He faced exile, which was something so devastating in that society that he chose death instead. Furthermore, this jealousy in regards to citizenship was coupled with a genteel form of warfare (with rigid rules of conduct that each army could engage in) meant that at any given time in Greek history, warfare was all but ubiquitous. The only time they stopped fighting each other was in the face of an external threat, but when that ceased, they went back to fighting each other.

Greek women also were treated terribly. Women under the Taliban had more freedom. The only reason whatsoever that a Greek woman was permitted to leave her house was either to attend a religious ceremony, or to attend a funeral. The only exception to this was Sparta, whose women actually enjoyed a remarkable amount of freedom. But on a whole, the general greek philosophy towards women can be summed up with this ancient greek phrase: "eductate the women? would be like giving venom to a dangerous snake!"

Rome, on the other hand, had none of these qualities. to a Roman, there were two kinds of people: civilized, and barbarian, whichever the person chose to be. When Rome assimilated another society into her rule, that city did not become a slave state, as they became in Ancient Greece. They became a protectorate, and eventually a full province of the nation. Slavery was common all over the world, but only in Rome did they make a habit of freeing their slaves. And any child born to a freedman became a full Roman citizen, voting rights and everything. There are even tales of Roman freedmen becoming more wealthy than Italian senators! For ancient Rome, today's conquered land became tomorrows tax-paying, law-abiding providence, and the children of today's defeated soldiers became the legionaires of tomorrow.

Roman women, despite living in a culture that founded the concept of "Machismo," lead remarkably free lives. They were free to get an education, marry who they wished (with the blessings of the family, of course) open a business, or even fight in the gladiator games! (though this was eventually banned.) And while they were forbidden from holding any official position, in practice many Roman women wielded considerable power, and being behind the scenes was often a much safer place than the rather exposed life of a Roman politician.

Rome also had a deadly serious attitude about war. It was something to be waged with complete seriousness, and there was no substitute for absolute victory. Roman soldiers, while disciplined, fought with great savagry. Fighting a war against Rome usually spelled a death sentence for any state willing to wage it. This acted as a pacification factor, because while war was "fun" for the states of Greece, it also meant continuous, eternal warfare. But with Rome, once a territory was conquered, it stayed conquered, and in the long term, this meant peace. Hispania, Gaul, and Greece were all catagorized by continuous tribal warfare while independent, but during their period as Romans, there was a peace that lasted virtually until the fall of the empire.

To sum it up, here are my main points:

1. Rome was a tolerant society, willing to accept anyone as a citizen of the state, and were decidedly not racist. New citizens provided the lifeblood of the Roman state.

2. Roman seriousness in regards to warfare meant that the conquest of a territory would be nothing short of complete, which dissuaded rebellion and encouraged eras of peace.

3. These two ideas together formed a society that would go on to last for well over a thousand years.

Answer 5

It probably wasn't. Greece was the foundation of culture for Europe and fueled the Renaissance. Greece had a powerful influence on Rome.

Answer 6

there is no evaluation achieveable between historic Greece and Rome.historic Greece began its Civilization round 2500 B.C. contained in the Cycladic Islands,from there to Crete and Santorini for the Minoan Civilization till its distruction round 1250 B.C..From there to the mainland Mycenaens and then to the city States (Classical) it truly is time-honored usually as historic Greece. The Greeks gave the Romans each little thing religious and cultural. that they had merely their military and the guy-skill to construct tremendous progression-initiatives. do no longer overlook that when we communicate about Rome we are conversing about a large area of Europe ,Africa and Asia,some very large minds got here from there and were given Roman Citizenship. The Romans themselves stated the expertise og Greek as a demonstration of way of existence.

Answer 7

There was Ancient Rome as a state; There was not Ancient Greece as a state. Romans named Hellens as "Graecas" mocking of their way of speaking. Hellens cities differ from Roman state, or Macedonian state (broadness, borders, internal organization).

Answer 8

Rome had better war strategies.

Answer 9

They were both great in their prime.