Ancient Greek civilization was superior to Roman civilization as a result of their more "successful" societies. A successful society should be able to contain merely a stable economy, but social achievements, and political stability. Greece despite being conquered by Ancient Rome was far less successful as a Civilization compared to Ancient Greece as a result of being able to create a more stable society in which the people could live without disparity in conflicts and progress in social welfare.
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. For example, Nero and other emperors debased the currency in order to supply a demand for more coins. By debasing the currency is meant that instead of a coin having its own intrinsic value, it was now only representative of the silver or gold it had once contained. When compared to Ancient Greece, the currency of Greece had multiple currencies which not only allowed for flexible currency exchange in the case of inflation, but a stable economy in which it allowed for a way to keep the value of coinage. By creating several currencies it was decentralized and therefore was easier to maintain than a centralized economy which required a single currency. .
Another reason that Ancient Rome was less superior than Greece was the result of social achievements embedded in the system of Greece. For instance, while Rome had crumbling houses and a failing plebeian class being outsourced to slaves or forced to sell their land to go to the city where the buildings they lived in often crumbled if they did not die of disease, expensive housing, and burned down. While Ancient Greek housing although small and weak, was spacious and some of which are still here after thousands of years. In addition, despite being conquered by Rome, the Romans still recruited Greek teachers, doctors, and scholars to do their work.
Two such societies were the Ancient Greeks and Ancient Romans. ... The Ancient Greeks and Ancient Romans are the bedrock of western culture. ... The Ancient Greeks contributed to the western society, but the Ancient Romans improved on those contributions. ... Many people consider Ancient Greece to be the origin of philosophy. ... Two such societies were the Ancient Greeks and Ancient Romans. ...
Ancient Greece was divided into over 100 city-states called poleis and religion played an integral part in each polis. ... The Ancient Greeks practiced polytheism, the worship of many gods. ... Greek religion emphasized ritual over belief. Communities in Ancient Greek would participate in religious festivals and rituals honoring their specific gods and this helped promote feelings of loyalty and togetherness. ... The Ancient Greeks believed that the Gods could punish you or do you favors depending on whether or not you performed the rituals. ...
Ancient Roman Civilization Ancient Rome was a seaboard of civilization. In the last two centuries B.C., the Romans extended and strengthened the Mediterranean network created by the ancient Greek traders and settlers. ... It is a puzzle for many historians to establish unequivocally why Rome succeeded as an empire while Greece failed terribly. However, in the strictest sense, Greece unlike Rome was never an empire in the first place. ... In this respect, the Greek community could never compare directly to the highly developed and centralized structure of the ancient Roman Empire. ...
The ancient Romans also believed in polytheism and this derived from myths that had developed to explain the reasons for why things happened the way they did. ... Polytheism was a main factor in ancient Rome and this is seen by their architecture, paintings, and literature. ... By expanding Rome, this made Rome more powerful and closer to become a world dominator. ... Two schools affected Rome, Epicureanism, and Stoicism, which were both from Greece. ... Art in Rome was translated from Greek styles into new Roman forms. ...
The aim of this essay will be to show through comparison and discussion of specific examples, how the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece and Rome differ in their in their furniture design. ... The examples to be discussed are Tutankhamen's Ceremonial Chair form Ancient Egypt, the Klismos Chair from Ancient Greece and the "Sella Curulis" (a folding chair) from Ancient Rome. ... This idea was used in the conventional approach to design that can clearly be witnessed in the decorations (Deroches, 1969:296) In comparison there is no surviving furniture at all from Ancient Greece. Inform...
Roman Culture as a Reflection of Greece Rome's greatness grew out of its imperial program of conquering others and establishing colonies, for example, the Greeks. The Ancient Romans acquired many of their cultural habits from the Ancient Greeks. ... The Romans also acquired and used part of the ancient Greek system of education. ... His aim is to situate Rome in line with what was considered the great literary tradition of the time -- the Greek. ... The goal of education in Greece was to be virtuous, learn and grow; nonetheless, in ancient Rome the goal was to be an effective speak...
Contributions to Civilization from the Greeks Throughout history there have been many contributions to western civilization from the Ancient Greeks. ... Just as it dominated public squares in ancient Rome, Greek architecture dominates the government buildings of Washington D.C., and many other cities around the United States. In our society, we still use Greek architecture. ... Religion was an important factor for the Greeks. ... With all these facts about Ancient Greece, it is easy to conclude that the Ancient Greeks made many contributions to civilization, and also to the world today....
The political systems known as "democracy" and "republic" were created and named around 3,000 years ago in Ancient Greece. ... This paper will examine the governments of Ancient Athens and Ancient Rome, and specifically the differences between the two forms of government in these countries. ... In the seventh century B.C.E., Athens was a typical aristocratic polis (an ancient Greek city-state).The aristocrats held the best land, and dominated political life. ... In the Ancient Greek world, agrarian reform provided the "horizontally ordered organization" or the socio-economic equality. ... With...
Ancient art serves as a useful tool to help historians decipher some important aspects of ancient culture. ... The differences in arts purpose in Greece and Rome, for example, show us the fundamental differences in each culture's political and moral system. ... This change in the meaning of art from Greek to Roman times shows the gradual decline in the importance of intellectualism in ancient western culture. ... The fact that Greek civilization reached a point at which its art reflected some of the most refined thought ever recorded in the ancient world shows the importance of intellectu...
