While both Roman and Greek cultures greatly influenced Western Civilization‚ Greeks contributed more to the western world than the Romans. The Greeks used their own ideas and thought of new ways to add to their culture‚ while the Romans mostly mixed and matched ideas from other civilizations and cultures to make their own. The Romans took up the inheritance of the Greeks adapted it to their own language and national traditions. (Grant 2)The Greeks introduced many new ideas and traditions‚ the most
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tributes indirectly through contribution towards victory. Every little thing counts‚ from the Games to the supporters to the district tributes. Gladiators were not always popular‚ but weren’t always the ones already marked for death either. The gladiators were given prizes for pleasuring the audience with a remarkable show because they were everything in the Games. Similarly‚ the tributes of The Hunger Games came from various districts with different standings—the smaller the number the smaller the
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(not necessarily in a good way) that societies over a thousand years apart can have the same issues in their government and society. First up‚ let’s talk about the "identity" portion of the recording. The similarities of cultural ignorance in the Ancient Rome and America is almost scary; we do not even know about how other countries function or even where they are even when we have the knowledge readily available to us.The Roman’s lack of knowledge was a factor in their demise as a nation by simply
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sport‚ honour and remember the dead‚ and also to punish law breakers. According to David .S. Potter in Gladiators and Blood sports in ancient Rome‚ gladiatorial combat and beast hunting were commonplace activities that occurred under the permission and supervision of the ruling emperors and they took place in arenas with public viewing. Blood sports in ancient Rome served several purposes that would ultimately lead to the reinforcement or undermining of social orders. First‚ participants in these
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1. The geography of Greece shaped Greece in many ways. Since Greece was surrounded by seas (Mediterranean‚ Black Sea). Greece traded and sailed on seas in boats. The Grecians lived by the sea so it was much easier to get sea food and their meals usually included anything they could catch in the water. Thanks to warm weather life took place mostly outside. Children outside doing outdoor activities trying to keep cool‚ adults working on their land or slaves building. Due to all the mountains also surrounding
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was the Golden Age in Greece. The major achievement was government. The most significant person in history was Jesus Christ. A crucial event that happened was the plague. All four parts have paved the way to present day and has shaped modern civilizations. The most important time period was the Golden Age in Greece. Advances in philosophy‚ entertainment‚ and the arts helped modernize ancient Greece and influence other nearby areas. Philosophy was monumental to Greece because it created new
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The first democratic system was built in the ancient Greece in the 5th or 4th century BCE when Athens went from dictatorship to a certain form of Democracy enabling all male citizens with equal rights‚ freedom of speech and the opportunity to participate directly in the Assembly. Since then‚ the Athenian ekklēsia and the rule of the demos has been a source of inspiration for the centuries to come. Rulers and monarchs had referred to this source in order to revolutionize their own government or to
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In Rome they had many monuments and public buildings. The monuments and public buildings are used for many different reasons. The monuments and public buildings can be used for “political functions to support or maintain the empire by either propaganda or by keeping citizens entertained and feeling they had a stake in the system.” One monument also is a public building is the Colosseum. The Colosseum was very important back in time. They would use it for many different things. It was mainly used
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Eddy Davies Ancient Rome and the United States of America Although separated by two millenniums there are astonishing similarities between the American state and the Roman Republic. In this posting I will discuss the links between Ancient Rome and the 21st super power equivalent‚ the United States of America in terms of two different aspects‚ architecture and political organisation. Firstly‚ I will discuss the links and similarities between the architecture of Ancient Rome and the United States
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Jobs in Ancient Rome In ancient Rome there were many different types of jobs. Some of the jobs paid well‚ while others did not. A lot of jobs were shown on inscriptions on tombstones. Most jobs are very similar to jobs today. They mostly keep the same reputation as well. Jobs were not easy to come by and people worked hard to get them and maintain the job when they did have it . During ancient Roman times there were many jobs that were considered rich jobs. Mainly everyone in the military became
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