What were some of the ideas we use today that were borrowed from the Greeks, Romans?

Question

Thanks!

Answer 1

Greeks:

Representative democracy
Scientific method (induction and deduction)

Romans:

Common law
Professional army

Answer 2

Well in general :
from Greeks we took the idea of "Democracy" , of the fact that any citizen has the right, and the obligation of , taking care of public interest and of community.
From Romans we took the "Law system" , the way in which trials works, the concept of private belongings in the way we know.
What we missed ? well who knows, I think all the defect we call at Greeks and Romans are also in our siciety, but maybe we do not see them (or we are not yet aware of)

Answer 3

Greeks!
Trojan war, Olympic games, Corinthian architectures, graceful statue-making of prominent people, principles of Hippocrates, Archimedes, Plato,Socrates, individual schooling (tutoring), ladies fashion revived now and then, etc.

Romans!
Arena for footballs, stadiums, etc. bridgemaking, roadbuilding, some citizenship rights (Saint Paul of the Bible had exercised some rights as a Roman citizen!), grooming for succession of power or position, army disciplines, political corruptions, and more.

Answer 4

having a senate
giving speeches
being fat and self satisfied
thinking that one's own country is the only right one.
something that SHOULD be borrowed from the romans is the practice of killing leaders that displease the people (ceasar's assaination, as the killing of several of their senators and such)
this country is not so different, really...we don't generally stab our ceasars but we aren't so far romoved from the colluseum and feeding folks to the lions...
though we do disguise the barbarism with conservative acadamiea (like the romans and the greeks did)

Answer 5

Many things.I will just add the very important ones.

Greece - Democracy

Rome - The Alphabet that you are using to write this question.

Answer 6

Greeks: democracy (!), language, theology
Romans: aquaducts, dams and bridges, engineering, war, law, Latin, calender and months, government structure