The ancient Greek and Roman civilizations of Europe began to progress toward a more civilized order of society. ... (Perry 85) Both Greeks and Romans tried to realize some form of democracy. ... (Perry 55) The Romans suffered a similar fate as a result of an unfocused administration. "Instead of developing a professional civil service to administer the conquered lands, Roman leaders attempted to govern an empire with city-state institutions, which had evolved for a different purpose." (Perry 95) The Greek and Roman cultures truly revolutionized the art of civilization. ...

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Rome has been credited for being the world's first free-market empire. ... The Roman's were also great literalists, who ruled supreme in the art of rhetoric. ... (Kagan) All these developments have led to the development of the next great empire, Rome. ... Young Roman nobles studied Greek Rhetoric, literature and sometimes philosophy. ... (Williams) Roman religion was very much influenced by the Greeks. ...

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Graves Western Civilization 10/29/00 Roman Art Vs. ... The primary objective of Greek art was to explore the order of nature and to convey philosophical thought, while Roman art was used primarily as a medium to project the authority and importance of the current ruler and the greatness of his empire. ... Arts reflection of culture and society extends to the Greek and Roman empires, and shows the importance of intellectualism within each culture. ... This is first seen in the early Roman republic. ... The unusual magnitude of his arms is a symbol of the supreme authority he held over his empir...

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Western Civilization 10/29/00 Roman Art Vs. ... The primary objective of Greek art was to explore the order of nature and to convey philosophical thought, while Roman art was used primarily as a medium to project the authority and importance of the current ruler and the greatness of his empire. ... Arts reflection of culture and society extends to the Greek and Roman empires, and shows the importance of intellectualism within each culture. ... This is first seen in the early Roman republic. ... The unusual magnitude of his arms is a symbol of the supreme authority he held over his empire. ...

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Ancient Greek civilization was superior to Roman civilization as a result of their more "successful" societies. ... A major reason that Ancient Greece was able to succeed better than Rome was a result of their economic policies as compared to Ancient Roman solutions. ... In addition, despite being conquered by Rome, the Romans still recruited Greek teachers, doctors, and scholars to do their work. Greek philosophers such as Aristotle had surviving ideals in Roman government such as the idea of a strong philosopher king who controlled everything. ... Because many of these emperors could not con...

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Two such societies were the Ancient Greeks and Ancient Romans. ... There are many modern things and objects that originated from Romans. ... The Romans also used similar to the US Census. ... Churches were rapidly built in Rome not only in the city of Rome but in the whole empire. ... There were approximately 33 million Christians in an empire of 60 million people. ...

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A major reason why the renaissance had a changed the architecture was the rediscovery of Greek and Roman knowledge, this came through books and the remains of Roman Empire. The architecture was based around roman architecture and was much more beautiful then anything that had been constructed in the middle ages. ... The rounded arches, strait columns and the domed roofs were popular both in Roman times and throughout the renaissance. ... The link between Roman constructions and renaissance buildings effected how architecture developed greatly. ... Filippo Brunelleschi studied structural so...

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Greek Civilization Influence on Western Culture Although the Greek Civilization came to an end over 2,000 years ago, the Greeks still influence us in many ways, from our language, to our way of thinking and our ways of life. There were many Greek philosophers that created theories and religions ...

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Greek Art: The Three Types For over twenty centuries, Greek art has been influencing art all over the world. When the Romans ruled with their large empire, they looked back to Greek society as perfect, and they modeled their art and culture on the Greek. And this kind of modeling can be traced t...

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