Ancient Rome compared to ancient Greece?

Answer 1

To refute the first answer on your page.

The greeks were philosophical and scientific thinkers who tried to understand their world. They built the original aquaducts and revolutionized architecture through colums and the arch. They founded philosophy (Socrates), history (Herodotus), science (Aristotle), and democracy (Pericles, sort of). The phalanx changed the way warfare was executed until the end of the Roman Empire (1500 years later) when Knighted Calvary became the predominant tactic. Greek was the language of trade and commerce in the international world. And the Greek portion of the Roman Empire was never successfully Latinized and contiued to press on Roman/Latin society.

The Romans were superstitous egomaniacs who held no regard for anyone outside of the Roman world. While the Romans were great engineers, all their achivements were based on Greek originals with many being built by Greek Romans. Their art, culture, and even the toga were Greek innovations.

The Romans eclispe the Greeks only for the fact that the Romans were united by their egomania. They were excellent politicians taking over Greece from the inside out. And that collective ego caused their military to be unmatched after the defeat of Hannibal.

However not only did the Greek portion of the Roman Empire survive the fall of the empire (410 or 476 depending on when you consider it gone)and last until 1453, but had Alexander gone West and eliminated the superstitous Romans, who were terrified of the Atlantic, early on, it is conceivable that a Macedonian/Greek would have discovered the new world 1500 yrs or so before Columbus.

Answer 2

Ancient Rome became more of what we'd refer to as a Nation-State, they had a central government at their height. Ancient Greece, until the time of Alexander, was more of a loose confederation of City-States with no central government uniting them.

Answer 3

Ancient Rome was more 'civilized' than Greece? You haven't finished your studies then. Greece developed Western art, architecture, philosophy, democracy, tragedy, comedy, and history--the very thing you have your B.A. in my friend.

One cannot claim either as being the better civilization, as each left its own legacy on Western civilization. As was said, Rome developed roads, acqueducts, concrete, and perfected the arch (introduced by the Etruscans into Europe). Both were exceptional cultures.

Answer 4

Ancient Rome never seemed to have gotten over its "Ancient Greek envy." In the time of Christ, Greek, not Latin, was the lengua franca.

Answer 5

it is possible, the Roman has always admired the Greek culture and the copied year, in architecture, with the style of Corinto, in the sculpture with the statues of Fidia like model, with the religion, adoring of the Greeks, with the military tactics, using the alignment of the infantry shares of it and tebane and adopting the system democratic of Atene.

Answer 6

WEBSITES ON THE ANCIENT GREEKS AND ROMANS

Go no further than this hyperlink, it will blow you away, the amount of resources are awesome, don't take my word for it, GO..!!!!

http://www.cumbavac.org/Ancient_Greeks_and_Romans.htm

http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_text_wsd_sec90.htm

Answer 7

Ancient Rome built roads, apartment buildings, aquaducts, had an excellent standing army, and, frankly, was more civilized than their Greek counterparts.

Answer 8

Rome was more civilized and had better technology.