Contributions of Ancient Greece and Rome to the Western World: Who contributed more to the modern world - the Greeks or the Romans?

From around 500 to 300 B.C.E, in Ancient Greece, the area had many contributions to modern Western civilization. Ancient Greece influenced Western civilization politically and socially. Ancient Greece influenced Western civilization with the spread of democracy and impacted Western civilization socially with its style of architecture using columns and the ancient Olympics.

Ancient Greek culture beliefs and social ideas have helped us with American Education because it influences us with what is going on today. Ancient Greek influence affected us today with democracy, Ancient Greek actually created the world’s first democracy. Ancient Greek have helped us along with Math, History, and Literature. As a matter of fact, Ancient Greek where the first to invent new things along the years. For example, Greek where the first civilization to use the alphabet. Greek have help us over million years.

Ancient Greece provided the rudiments of Western civilisation; it has had a colossal influence on language, politics, educational systems, philosophy, science, and arts. In the following several pages I hope to demonstrate explicitly, the bold differences between the two provinces, and to suggest the relativity, of Ancient Greece conventions, to modern times. In doing this I will bring upon wars, economic stances, and most importantly, previous historians point of view on the events.

First of all, Ancient Greece and Rome have both influenced us by their ways of government. The Greeks had a democracy, which is instilled in us today. It is the fundamental belief that everyone has the right to control what goes on in their government. Without the Greek administration, many modern nations would not be run the same way and history would not be the same. The Greeks had democracy because it was able to be easily maintained. They had such small communities, or city-states, that they were always able to have direct votes with the people. Some countries, like the US, are too large to have a direct vote, so there are variations of the method. The Romans had a Senate which controlled the Romans and chose what happened to the people for them. This is most common example in western

Many ancient civilizations have had everlasting impacts on the modern world. It is Rome though that has had the most considerable and prominent influence when connecting both the ancient and modern world. Edited by Isabella Marinaro and Bjørn Thomassen, Global Rome: Changing Faces of the Eternal City introduces the idea that, “Rome is not only a system of economic interrelations or a knot in a hierarchy of world cities. In this symbolic and imaginary respect, Rome is first of all an icon, a brand, and a globally famous one” (29 Global Rome). To appreciate how Rome has been used as both an icon and brand throughout time, it is crucial to focus on the mythological stories that have been a prominent factor in defining the foundation of Rome. This

From Greece we move to Rome, which had an affinity for many things Greek. Such as the Greek gods which they used to model their own gods after. If Greece's greatest contribution to western civilization was democracy, then by contrast Rome's greatest contribution was the idea of the Republic. The Republic which is a major staple in many western civilization states to this day. Rome also provided blueprints for the balance of power within most western civilization nations today.

Without the effects of this time period, the Greek ways of literature, architecture, education and culture may not be nearly as apparent as they are in the modern world. The Greeks placed the foundation of many aspects of the world today; the Democratic government, geometry and mathematical deduction, screws, and theater. The Greek Miracle opened up the eyes of the Greeks and helped it become one of the most important and interesting cultures to date. Part three of the Timeless Tales of Gods and Heros was mainly about explaining important stories that the Greeks created about gods and goddesses. One of the reasons why Greek mythology continues to be so fascinating and a staple to secondary education is because every mythical character is so detailed and has a specific reason for why and what it was created.

Ancient Greek history has played a vital role in cultures throughout time. From its neighbors in Europe to all the way across the Atlantic, ancient Greece has influenced many nations. From United States to Canada to Mexico, the influence of Greece can still be seen today. While the influence of ancient Greece is grand, there was one place that was so enamored by the Greek way of life, that they seemingly adopted it as its own. The culture of ancient Rome so closely mirrors that of ancient Greek society that it is not uncommon to mix the two up. Since the Roman Empire did not flourish until after the Greek downfall, it is known that the Romans were directly influenced by the Greeks. Assimilation Of Greek cultural traditions created a bizarre situation, in which Rome was culturally Greek, but it was culturally unique, as it still retained influences from early Italians. While it is obvious that the Romans were influenced by the Greeks, one may wonder when this cultural assimilation of Greek culture began. The Roman conquest of Greece was a period in time where The Romans and the Greeks were at war and how eventually Greece became one of the first provinces of the emerging Roman Empire.

Most of the fundamental element of European countries and The United State Follow Ancient Greece. Democracy, Economics, philosophy, Sculpture and the Olympic games were started from Ancient Greece were located from east to Persian empire, from south to Egypt civilization and from west to the ancient Romans. I am thinking Ancient Greece influenced by neighbors. The ancient Greeks wanted to know how the universe works, it was like as these days in the united estate which we hearing new discovery every day. To probe such questions, the Greeks turned to philosophy, mathematics, and science. The Greeks were the first in the West to experiment with the concept of democratic government. European and the united state and most successful modern democratic

Who has the most influential society of the Ancient World? Two cultures that instantly come to mind are the Greek and Roman societies. The Romans, a military based society, conquered most of the Ancient World. However, the Greeks conquered every society they approached with not their physical prowess, , but their intellectual ideas. Throughout this paper, it will become evident who really conquered whom: the brains or the bronze?

The world of Late Antiquity is written by Peter Brown, a Professor of History at Princeton University. This book is an entertaining introductory text to the Late Antique period, AD 150 to 750. Brown delivers an entertaining account and perspective of how and why the Late Antique world came to differ from “Classical civilization.” Instead of focusing on the cause and effect of the civilization’s downfall, Brown emphasizes the changes that occurred and men’s reaction to them. His thesis centers around social and cultural changes and specifically states:

Our Western Civilization course covers a general survey of the social, economic, cultural and Political forces that have helped shape the Western variety of civilization in the premodern era. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of cross-cultural diffusion in the evolution and development of Middle Asian, Greek, Roman, and Medieval-European structural variants. This paper will discuss areas of Daily Life in Ancient Rome that will include women’s conflicting roles, Roman marriage, and family.

First, the people of Ancient Greece have created several works of art that are appreciated today. Vase painters and sculptures such as Exekias and Praxiteles work is displayed and valued today. (Worlds Apart, 195) They have created much beautiful architecture that is visited by numerous tourists today. The Parthenon, who’s construction was advocated by Pericles (a popular Athenian leader) is one of Greece’s remarkable treasures. Also, to their credit is the creation of theater, and dramas created by its citizens. A few of them have survived to be played out today on stages all over the world. Today, Ancient Greek poetry and prose is studied by academics today. Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are studied in an ample number of academic institutions today. I remember writing summaries of the

Ancient Rome’s culture has existed throughout the almost 1200- year history of the civilization of Ancient Rome. Ancient Rome adapted most of their culture from their neighbors the Greeks and Etruscans. Ancient Rome culture has been affecting our modern world from colosseums and satre, for entertainment, to the name of Roman gods, for constellations. In Ancient Rome their entertainment included gladiator fighting and Roman Theater. Ancient Rome’s arts were greatly influenced on the art Ancient Greece. Sculpture played an important role on Roman daily life; they would symbol honor, power, and wealth. Homes of the Roman people were often filled with paintings called (frescos) which were directly painted on walls. Most of Ancient Rome’s culture and Arts has affected our modern world and daily life.

Very few civilizations have had as profound an influence on the world as those of ancient Greece. The Greeks laid the foundations for fields varying from philosophy to political theory to war tactics. However, this influence was not just due to their intelligence or success, but their widespread presence in the Mediterranean. Greek culture was spread throughout their known world in two distinct manners, the foundation of apoikia in the Archaic Age (8th century to 500 B.C. ) and imperialists by poleis, primarily Athens of the Classical Age (490 - 323 B.C ). Though the culture of a mother city (mētropolis) may have spread through two very different manners of “colonization.” The word is not used in the literal sense, but rather hereafter used to mean “spreading of culture”, as the former can hardly be described using the contemporary definition of colonization and the latter was through Athenian empire-building. These developments had a significant impact on ancient Greece and our modern perception thereof. Like most of the ancient world, we can best analyze these methods of colonialism through extant artifacts. I will analyze an inscription of the foundation oath of Cyrene, which recounts the decision and manner in which the island of Thera sent its citizens to the form a new polis, and the fragments of the Lapis Primus, a marble monolith that documented tributes to Athens when the city was at the peak of its imperial age, evidencing the magnitude of their power and influence in the Greek region.