belief systems. The ancients had a way of telling great tales of immortals‚ beasts‚ and demigods. However‚ there was more to it than that. People devoted their lives to their religion and saw that it gave them purpose and meaning. Some of the most famous mythologies come from ancient democracies and empires such as Greece and Rome. Greek and Roman mythology is sometimes thought of as one in the same‚ but their differences have simply been overlooked. Both the Greeks and Romans had well-defined beliefs
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How did they differ from those of the Greeks? Greece and Rome were two separate countries by different ethnic formed. It was not until 146 B.C.‚ Greece was conquered by Rome‚ but long before that‚ Roman absorbed many achievements of Greek civilization. After Greece was entered into the Roman Empire‚ the influence of Greek civilization on Roman was tronger ever. Greek culture laid the foundation for the Roman Empire. The Roman people wanted to be like the Greek people. In my personal opinion Architecture
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that’s how the Ancient Romans lived. They had grains and cereal at their main disposal and if they had a garden or field so they could plant crops then they were set. Other than that they bought their food from the market place. They only meat when they had money or on special occasions. Food traditions and what they ate in Rome are similar and different to what people eat today in what their main diet is‚ rare meals‚ and events in which they had all the extravagant food. The Romans mostly had a diet
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I agree‚ the Ancient Greek city-states were often at odds with each other. People from other city-states were not as highly regarded as they regarded themselves and they mostly went to war with each other for control over the peninsula. When the Persians threatened all of Greece‚ they had no choice but to unite. This also showed them an enemy that was far more different from them than people from other Greek-city states. Continuous conflict and competition between city-states broke
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people reclined. Insulae. * An insula was a kind of apartment building * Housed most of the urban citizen population of ancient Rome‚ including ordinary people of lower- or middle-class status (the plebs). * The ground level floor of the insula was used for tabernae (a single room shop covered by a barrel vault within great indoor markets of ancient)‚ shops and businesses‚ with the living space upstairs. * Consisted of six to eight three-storey apartment blocks‚ grouped around
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the religious beliefs‚ customs and policies of Greek religion and how did the gods fit in? Background Greek religion spans from the Minoan and Mycenaean periods to the days of Hellenistic (ending in 31 BE) Greece‚ when the Romans invaded and took over Greece. The Greeks primary way of worship was through cult practices. However there were so many variations dependent on the area in which a person comes from that it can be said that there were Greek religions. When talking about Greek religion
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Lord Gomez DBQ Essay The Ancient Greece culture has made many contributions to western civilization. The ancient Greeks affected the western civilizations math‚ government‚ sports‚ and medicine. They affected the western civilization in a big way. We even use some of these contributions today. A way that the ancient Greeks contributed to our government is that Greece had the first known democracy. As seen in document 3 Pericles had a lot to do with democracy. Pericles had three
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second thought to most ancient Romans. It never carried the same prestige as that of a legionary. Before the First Punic War the Roman navy consisted mainly of allied ships and a few Roman ships that had crews that were very inexperienced. When entering the First Punic War they realized they needed to develop a navy to match the superior Carthaginian fleet. The fleet that the Romans had before the war would never withstand any naval battles. In building their navy‚ the Romans were able to utilize their
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Hercules is the Roman name for the Greek hero Herakles‚ the most popular figure from ancient Greek mythology. Hercules was the son of Zeus‚ king of the gods‚ and the mortal woman Alcmene. Zeus‚ who was always chasing one woman or another‚ took on the form of Alcmene’s husband‚ Amphitryon‚ and visited Alcmene one night in her bed‚ and so Hercules was born a demi-god with incredible strength and stamina. He performed amazing feats‚ including wrestling death and traveling twice to the underworld‚ and
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The Great Persephone Have you ever wondered how the ancient greeks explained the world’s mysterious actions. Persephone is one of the goddess that were made to help the greeks understand the natural and otherworldly events. Persephone holds the responsibility of changing the seasons. When she is with her mother on earth it is summer or spring and when she is with Hades it is winter or fall‚ this is only one of the major things that she controls. Persephone is a minor god but‚ she is just as important
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