Greek Influence On Roman Culture

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Rome has a bigger impact on current day things and places than Greece. Rome has a bigger impact than Greece on things and places current day and back then. Rome has left many things that we are using today, but they did do things that have changed different places for the worst. Rome has done incredible things, for instance, the roads that people use everyday and they had even influenced architecture designs that people see in buildings for example the arch, domes, bridges, and columns. The Romans had also left was entertainment. The Romans had a popular activity in ancient Rome known as gladiator fighting which is now often found in movies today.

The Romans have left many ideas and inventions that people still use today they left the roads, we all use the roads most people use them on their morning commute to work or school they help people get from one place to another, primarily the roads were strictly used for military purposes only but as time went on that had changed. Romans had also created different types of architecture that people still use today for instance you may some houses that have the arched doorways the Romans were the first to think of it the Romans had also come up with the columns, bridges, and domes. The Romans were the ones who built the coliseum, it took about 60,000 jewish
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The ancient Romans went into a battle with Carthage they ended up conquering, too much land and ended up salting the land (71 sq miles) so that nobody could have any use of the land. Current day 2015 plants cannot grow there. Although Rome left many things such as their entertainment, architecture, etcetera, Greece had also left things behind that we still use today. the Greeks had left what we still use today, which is democracy. Greece was also known as the home of the first historian named Herodotus. Greece had also created the first olympic games. Although Greece had an impact on todays society Rome had a bigger

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