Which stands out the most, Ancient Rome or Greece?

Question

Ok, I'm doing this for a paper, so only answer if you know a lot about each, don't just guess! I would like some kind of reason, if that isn't too much to ask, and I would greatly appreciate any help at all!

Answer 1

The Greeks influenced the Romans, and everyone else in Europe.

It was the reemergence of Greek philosophy in Europe (via the Muslims in spain) that led to the Enlightenment.

Answer 2

Depends on who you are to which civilization stands out more. In the West, its clearly Rome. It is said that modern Europe was created with the ribs of ancient Rome. The same holds true in America. Romans were obsessed with law and justice. These concepts have become institutions in America. Our structure of a republican government was borrowed from both Greek and Roman sources but looks more similar to the Roman model.

Greeks were prolific in philosophy, a lot of that used in our own documents but I believe the Roman empire had a more profound influence onto western culture than that of the Greeks.

Also examine the type of empires each held. Greece was a series of nation-states whereas the Roman empire was a collective unit (until 476AD with the fall of Rome). Both empires brought their culture to newly conquered lands, however, the Romans were much more effective. This might be because of the advanced road networks the Romans created.

The Romans also gave us the Arch, Concrete, and Christianity (maybe it was just great timing, however, a lot of things happened during the height of the Roman empire).

Answer 3

The grandeur that was Rome, the glory that was Greece. The Romans were the great builders. I'm sure you have heard that all roads lead to Rome, that's because they had to build these roads so that they could move their legions to every part of the Roman Empire. Meanwhile, the Greeks were the great Philosophers, men of literature, sculptors,even men of Medicine.We still regard Greece as the cradle of civilization. Take your pick, I would not want to say which was greater, They were both great in different ways.

Answer 4

It depends how you look at it.
Intellectually, it certainly was Greek. The Romans however learned a few things from them and they built ways, aqueducts, fortifications (not that celts and the kinds didn't have forts, but the Romans had quite a few new advancements in that area) and so forth troughout most of europe and the mediterranean. And they spread the knowledge they inherited from the greek. They certainly both have much contributed to what we think of as the "western civilization" today.

Answer 5

That's entirely subjective. However, I'd be inclined to say Rome, because it was through the expansion of the Roman Empire that modern day Europe was created, via infrastructure, somewhat standardized administration and widespread, reliable trade practices.

Answer 6

You have to understand Greeks where searching for knowledge, while Romans for power and development.
But history gives all the credits to Romans because Philosophy was hard to understand, but building aqueducts was making progress to any nation.

Answer 7

greece ftw

i dont know a huge amount about the history but id say you have to hand it to the greeks for being the godfathers of philosophy, as far as i know there isnt any realy famous roman philosophy. also the romans knicked all their gods, ftl =(