Ancient Greece was divided into many different areas, called city-states. There were many city-states throughout the entire country, and each one had its own government. Athens and Sparta were two of the most powerful city-states in Greece. Sparta was governed by the military, while Athens had a democratic government. Over time, people's opinions about what made a good government changed, and various types of governments developed as well.…
During both the Roman and the Greek phase, religion and religious ideas stayed relatively similar. The Romans believed in a polytheistic religion that included ideas borrowed from other cultures. For example, the Romans essentially believed in the same gods as the Greeks; however, the Romans renamed those gods so they would have Roman names instead of Greek names. Also, both the Greeks and the Romans believed in and practiced religious cults. One religious cult that the Greeks followed was The Bacchae. Followers of this cult mainly believed in partying and fornicating. A Roman religious cult was the Cult of Isis. This cult revolved around the deity Isis who was borrowed from the Egyptians. Although they were two different cultures, the Romans and the Greeks believed in similar religious ideas.…
Roman and Greece empires governments were similar in ways but differed in others. While both Romans and Greeks started as mere city states they went off in different directions with there civilizations politically. They also both had democracies but in different forms. They each had there own way of government and had different military styles, largely because of their location, which is also why Rome was more centralized and Greece was more dispersed. However, geography did not stop both Rome and Greece from being patriarchal, and thriving.…
In ancient Greece the city-states was in a constant state of war with one another. allies quickly became enemies, and enemies quickly became allies. As the Greek philosopher Plato said, " only the dead has seen the end of war".…
Rome a. Definition of citizenship changed over time b. Pragmatic innovation and adaptation as empire's ideals c. Common language was Latin C. Patterns of imperial expansion 1. Both consolidated their power within their environmental limits using a common legal framework 2. They had different patterns of development, types of public servants, and government practices 3.…
The Ancient Greeks and Romans are two of the most influential civilizations in history. Their contributions in art, architecture, philosophy, and, warfare are still a major part of today’s society. Perhaps the most important part of these great civilizations’ history is their unique forms of government. The Roman Republic, as well as, the infamous Greek Democracy are both similar and different in a number of ways. They are alike in the way that they managed the people and their citizens had many of the same civil rights. However, the two civilizations had different was of sharing power among their leaders. Greece was a direct democracy in which almost all citizens took part in, while Rome was a republic. The styles of governing these two empires utilized and built continue to have an affect on our world today.…
The Roman religion began as a polytheistic one. As the empire expanded so did the acceptance of Greek gods, these gods included Mars the god of war and Jupiter. They built these gods in temples all over the cities. The gods had human-like characteristics along with human-like emotions such as hate jealousy and fear. The empire began to expand rapidly under the rule of Augustus, and because of this the Roman empire began to gain new people with new religious views such as Jews and Christians, Christianity especially began to spread rapidly through the early followers of Jesus.…
Greece and Rome were alike and different when it came to government. The government in Greece was very diverse because every city was its own state. There was monarchy, oligarchy, and democracy. Democracy was developed in Athens, and at some point it started spreading to many other cities. Including non-Greek cities like Rome. One of the main ways they were similar was in their form of government. Both Greece and Rome had an assembly, where members were elected by the people. Rome was ruled by two consuls, who ruled for a year or were forced out of office. Greece was ruled by archons, who were elected annually.…
In Ancient Greece, the two most essential cities were Sparta and Athens. The two cities had a diversity of cultures, lifestyle, and values, even though they lived in the same region. Sparta was established around 900 BCE. It is located in the Eurotoas valley of Laconia, southeast of Peloponnese (Sparta, Ancient History Encyclopedia). Ancient Sparta has a population of about 100,000 citizens. Spartans dedicate approximately all their time to military training, hunting, war tactics, and even war policies. These activities are what makes Sparta admire war and what makes other cities fear them. Athens has been around for about 3,000 years. Athens is the capital of Greece and it is also the largest city. It is also the intellectual center of Greece. Athens originated from as early as 5000 BCE. Athens began as a small, Mycenaean community and grew to become a city (Athens, Ancient History Encyclopedia). The Athenian King, who ruled the land, sought to name the city after a Greek God because he wanted the name to be divine. Athena was selected, hence, the name Athens. Athens was a city that exemplifies ancient Greece. Society, politics, and economy are what make cities diverse, but they can have a…
This paper compares and contrasts the Greek and Roman Cultures. This paper compares and contrasts distinguishing elements or features of early Greek and Roman cultures, including illustrative or significant examples of the various features. This paper discusses the elements of both Greek and Roman culture such as: government and geographical terrain, economics and trade practices, art and architecture, and philosophical and religious beliefs. This paper will give readers clearer picture of the Greeks and Romans.…
Both empires had very different forms of governments. In Greece, they had 3 different types of government: A monarchy ruled by a king, an oligarchy ruled by a small group of elite people, and a democracy ruled by everyone which formed much later. In Rome, they had two types of government as well, a monarchy and a republic. There was a second part of Roman government, the assembly.…
In Ancient Greece there were four forms of government that were practiced Monarchy's, Aristocracy, Oligarchy and Direct Democracy. In Ancient Athens they had a direct democracy which allowed the citizens to participate in political decision making. In Ancient Sparta they had an oligarchy form of government in which the state was ruled by a small group of citizens who also controlled the military.…
Throughout the Roman republic and most of the empire, the Roman religion was polytheistic. The religion was based on the Greek religion and included multiple gods and goddesses who were anthropomorphic and cruel. However, during the first century of the Common Era, Judaism and “mystery religions” such as Mithraism, Eleusis, and Christianity were becoming increasing popular. Roman rule tried to control the spread of these religions but eventually Christianity became the chief religion of Rome and its empire.…
Compare and contrast the development of institutions and traditions such as political, social, economic, or intellectual in any of the two classical civilizations: China, India, Greece, Rome, Mesoamerica, Andes.…
Since Roman religion was not based on a core belief which forbade the introduction of other religious beliefs such as the Hebrew and later Christian religion, but rather a mixture of Latin and Greek religious influence with added deities as the empire expanded, which encompassed individual family household gods, regional and the classic Roman and Greek deities such as the Roman God Neptune or Greek counterpart Poseidon, both gods of the sea, the introduction of new religious practices into Roman life was very acceptable. As more and more diverse deities made their way into Rome from the conquered provinces, an individual’s search for reward in the afterlife or in life, influenced Roman cultural integration and choosing whether or not to worship newly introduced deities.…