Similarities And Differences Of The Greek And Roman Cultures

The Greek and the Roman cultures had many differences, but they also had gasping similarities that drew them together. There are many cultures in today’s society that are different, but they all have ties between them that make them similar. This goes the same with the Greek and Roman cultures. One of the most significant similarities of the Greek and Roman civilizations was their geographical locations. Both of these civilizations lived on islands of the Mediterranean Sea. Anyone that lives around the same region will have some of the same values and ways of life. The Mediterranean Sea and the Black sea were both used as a trading post for both of the civilizations. Sometimes they would trade together and other times with other civilizations, …show more content…
In contrast the Greeks were just a state and really never progressed as an empire. The Romans were known for invading other lands and taking their resources to expand their empire. Roman leaders never settled on just having enough they wanted to be bigger and better than any other empire. This is completely different from the Greeks. Greeks were known for being humble and only taking what they needed. They were more simple minded than the Romans, but to most of the Greek people the simple mindedness was very complex and pure. Instead of building an empire like the Romans; the Greeks concentrated on building and flourishing their own cities. They used the idea of exceptionalism as to base their cities off of, instead of the norm, which was to extend your …show more content…
Each of the cities in the Greek civilizations had separate rules and laws. They also had separate constitutions and citizenries for each city in the Greek civilizations. The Greeks were hardly ever together as one nation. One of the only times they banned together was when they went to war. Under this situation a couple of the cites might band together to fight other cities or other empires. Romans were known for being all together under one flag. They had one constitution for all of Rome and had the same laws throughout Rome. Unlike Greece you did not just pledge allegiance to just your city, but to your whole empire. During war there was just one whole army united together; instead of having multiple armies band together as one. In the Greece society if you were a citizen in one city that didn’t mean you were a citizen in another city. There were separate cities in Rome, but if you were a citizen in one city you were a citizen in all