What Roman citizenship rights did non-Roman Italians not have? How did this situation change after 88 B.C.? Why did it change?…
Roman and Greece empires governments were similar in ways but differed in others. While both Romans and Greeks started as mere city states they went off in different directions with there civilizations politically. They also both had democracies but in different forms. They each had there own way of government and had different military styles, largely because of their location, which is also why Rome was more centralized and Greece was more dispersed. However, geography did not stop both Rome and Greece from being patriarchal, and thriving.…
The ancient Romans had a better system in regards to government and citizenship than the Athenians. Unlike the Athenians, the Romans allowed people living in conquered lands to become citizens with limited rights. Native-born Roman women and children were considered citizens while in Athens, only free, native-born adult males are citizens. The Romans also had a better-organized government system.…
Democracy has been around for hundreds of years and while the basic principles have stayed the same though each society governed in a slightly different way. The most influential democracies were Greece, as it was considered one of the first democracies, and the Roman Republic which lasted several hundred years. Because each sovereignty ruled differently, they had different advancements in the areas of democracy especially in the people's role in the government, the method of voting and fairness of law.…
Athens and Sparta in the ancient Greece world are both revered by many modern civilizations as being foundry influences on modern democracy. The two city states, however, were polar opposites in how they viewed democracy and ran their government. Sparta was known for its military prowess and power, while Athens has always been famed for its progress in the arts and sciences. While both being developmentally different and butting heads sometimes, they both were integral voices on how similar democratic societies ran their governments up until today. The defining differences between the two is that Athens was a heavily class based Democracy, compared to Sparta which was more definable as being an Oligarchy.…
Athens was a democracy city-state that elected archons annually (124). Whereas Sparta was ruled by two kings that ruled for life or were forced out of office, and were advised by a Council of Elders (123). Sparta was a war centered society, but Athens focused more on academics and philosophy. Spartan values were centered around being brave, self-disciplined, and honoring and fighting for Sparta, even if it meant death. Trade and agriculture were very important to the Athenian economy (137). Both government styles had elections and voting involved, but it was limited to some based on gender and…
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Rome a. Definition of citizenship changed over time b. Pragmatic innovation and adaptation as empire's ideals c. Common language was Latin C. Patterns of imperial expansion 1. Both consolidated their power within their environmental limits using a common legal framework 2. They had different patterns of development, types of public servants, and government practices 3.…
b. Emulated past models for empire's ideals c. Elites shared common language d. Belief in ancestor worship 2. Rome a. Definition of citizenship changed over time b. Pragmatic innovation and adaptation as empire's ideals c. Common language was Latin C. Patterns of imperial expansion 1. Both consolidated their power within their environmental limits using a common legal framework 2. They had different patterns of development, types of public servants, and government practices 3.…
Athens and Sparta sometimes had common enemies. In 490 BC, the Persians, led by King Darius, invaded Greece. Athens and Sparta joined with other city-states to fight the Persians. The Greeks won in a famous battle at Marathon, however this victory at Marathon was done without the aid of the Spartan army. In 481 BC, Persia attacked again, this time led by Xerxes, Darius’ son. Athens and Sparta again united and eventually defeated the resurgent Persians.…
The Roman republic and Athenian polis were two great experiments in political philosophy in the ancient world. These two distinctly different methods of running a nation in both Athens and Rome have one similarity – that they were founded on the intent to give common law and justice to the people. That aside both of the nations, which will be discussed in this essay, was culturally, economically and historically quite different and approached the issue of statecraft in a very different and sometimes contradictory manner. Both of these republics – the Roman and Athenian were regarded to be in their time two of the most powerful nations in the world – the Roman republic after the 2nd Punic war and the Athenian republic at the age of its most famous ruler Pericles. But how did these two nations, so different in their approach to life and philosophy itself, fall ultimately by their own system, which had served them for so long? They fell to the oligarchies that they were built and inte The Roman and Athenian republican both had a loathing (perhaps the Roman more so) for kingship and oligarchy in any of its forms. The republic fell to the whims of dictators such as the Triumvirs, Caesar and Sulla who abused its system, and Athens fell prey to tyrants using the turmoil after the Peloponnesian war to their advantage. One major similarity between the two nations is that they both had a growing degree of imperialism late in their republican period. The Athenian, abusing the rewards of the Delian league built to defend the common interest of Greece against the Persian empire, ended up with an empire which its’ small and inefficient form of statecraft was not equipped to manage. The Roman also found the same issue, which arose, like the Athenians, initially from a need for simple, honest self-defense. The two quotes below indicate the troubled and desperate issues that lead to the creation of these…
The cultures of Ancient Greece and Rome have influenced the world’s modern day culture quite lavishly. The question that I was asked to answer is, how precisely the Ancient Greece and Rome had influences our au courant culture. I established that they did indeed, help form what is today’s Government, Architecture or Engineering, and Literature or Art among so many other different things.…
In the classical period of Greece and Rome, Greece had a direct democracy in where the people elected leaders to represent them. Rome had a republic in where the people had a lot less say in who led them. However in both Rome and Greece the people felt they had a strong connection to their government and they felt as though they were in control. In terms of interaction with other cultures, Greece and Rome both had a part in Christianity. They actually had a Greco- Roman religion that had influences from both cultures in it varying with slight differences. During the agricultural stage of society both Greece and Rome were forced to conquer in different directions. Rome pushed to the Middle East to acquire grain and Greece pushed south into Africa also to acquire grain. This was the main contact with other cultures besides trade.…
In Ancient Greece, the two most essential cities were Sparta and Athens. The two cities had a diversity of cultures, lifestyle, and values, even though they lived in the same region. Sparta was established around 900 BCE. It is located in the Eurotoas valley of Laconia, southeast of Peloponnese (Sparta, Ancient History Encyclopedia). Ancient Sparta has a population of about 100,000 citizens. Spartans dedicate approximately all their time to military training, hunting, war tactics, and even war policies. These activities are what makes Sparta admire war and what makes other cities fear them. Athens has been around for about 3,000 years. Athens is the capital of Greece and it is also the largest city. It is also the intellectual center of Greece. Athens originated from as early as 5000 BCE. Athens began as a small, Mycenaean community and grew to become a city (Athens, Ancient History Encyclopedia). The Athenian King, who ruled the land, sought to name the city after a Greek God because he wanted the name to be divine. Athena was selected, hence, the name Athens. Athens was a city that exemplifies ancient Greece. Society, politics, and economy are what make cities diverse, but they can have a…
One prominent difference would be the freedom that Americans posses. In America, one has the freedom to vote, speak, and have religious choice. This was not the case in Rome. An example of lack of freedom in ancient Rome would be slavery. At that time, slaves were very popular and hardly had any rights. Slaves would not only have manual labor jobs, but also more skilled jobs, sometimes even a physician. Also, in Rome, men and women were not equal. Roman men had full citizenship and were not limited to anything, but on the other hand, Roman women had a very limited citizenship. Roman women could not vote or hold a public…