The purpose of this paper is to compare political, social, economic, cultural and military similarities and differences between the Greek and the Roman Empires.
Early structure and geographical effect on politics Both Greece and Rome were had an established city-state model. However, the immensely different topographies of Greece and Rome influenced their political development. Greece is a mountainous land with many islands which did not allow for easy travel which meant that an interaction between the Greek city-states was very restricted. As a result, many of the Greek city-states to developed independently of one another. The aristocracy of every city-state defended its independence and discouraged any efforts to make a monarchy (Source). …show more content…
(Downey, 1957) It was greatly influenced by Sophists, Plato, and Isocrates. Education, as was the case in Rome, was not available to poor families.
Military
The Romans did not intend to create an empire, but they responded to threats from their neighbors (Source) as each new threat was eliminated, Romans had to keep peace and order in the newly conquered land. This process led to the creation of organized armies made up of large numbers of Romans. The Greek city-states had to be united by force and a threat of a common enemy, first in the Greco-Persian wars, and later through the invasion of the Macedonians and by the Romans. Prior to that, the city-states did not have organized armies as they relied on their own citizens to fight.
Conclusion
The ancient Roman and Greek civilizations had well-organized political processes that greatly influenced the manner in which later governments were structured in Europe and the United States two thousand years later (Classroom) The ancient Greeks developed a great deal of what we today take for granted: practice of medicine, modern philosophy and many math and science discoveries. This is why Greece is often known as the Cradle of Western
Early structure and geographical effect on politics Both Greece and Rome were had an established city-state model. However, the immensely different topographies of Greece and Rome influenced their political development. Greece is a mountainous land with many islands which did not allow for easy travel which meant that an interaction between the Greek city-states was very restricted. As a result, many of the Greek city-states to developed independently of one another. The aristocracy of every city-state defended its independence and discouraged any efforts to make a monarchy (Source). …show more content…
(Downey, 1957) It was greatly influenced by Sophists, Plato, and Isocrates. Education, as was the case in Rome, was not available to poor families.
Military
The Romans did not intend to create an empire, but they responded to threats from their neighbors (Source) as each new threat was eliminated, Romans had to keep peace and order in the newly conquered land. This process led to the creation of organized armies made up of large numbers of Romans. The Greek city-states had to be united by force and a threat of a common enemy, first in the Greco-Persian wars, and later through the invasion of the Macedonians and by the Romans. Prior to that, the city-states did not have organized armies as they relied on their own citizens to fight.
Conclusion
The ancient Roman and Greek civilizations had well-organized political processes that greatly influenced the manner in which later governments were structured in Europe and the United States two thousand years later (Classroom) The ancient Greeks developed a great deal of what we today take for granted: practice of medicine, modern philosophy and many math and science discoveries. This is why Greece is often known as the Cradle of Western