Similarities and Differences:
Ancient Greece vs. Ancient Rome
Many qualities of the Ancient Roman civilization were undoubtedly borrowed from their predecessors of the Greek culture (Bonner 1). Roman education, however, is only a reflection of the Greek education system. Ancient Roman education tactics differ from the education methods used by Ancient Greek instruction. Nevertheless, these two different approaches contain many similarities. Although the Romans made an effort to reproduce the style of education maintained by the Greeks, their attempts failed; however Rome managed to adopt many principles of Greek education in the process. This is made apparent by comparing and contrasting Greek and Roman education methods as well as the explanation of the worldly problems and expectations each culture was facing during this era.
It was not until Rome conquered the small Greek society, Tarentum, in 272 B.C. that they could see the importance of being intellectuals (Dobson 92). This contact with Greek culture allowed Romans to employ the Greek values of education that could be observed within this small culture (Dobson 92).
Prior to the creation of state maintained schools and academies in Greece, higher education was mainly reserved for the elite persons of a community (Handbook: Greece 253). Training for these citizens consisted of instruction in the areas of music, poetry, numeracy, and religious ritual (Handbook: Greece 253).
Unlike the Greeks, Roman education was practically nonexistent before the development of official school systems in the Roman culture (Dobson 91). By law, early Roman education required that the father be the only schoolmaster of his son (Dobson 94). The mother would teach children basic principles until age seven (Avi-Yonah 176). Afterward, the father was in charge of the upbringing of his child (Avi-Yonah 176). Aside from teaching basic reading, writing, and arithmetic, the primary subject of instruction consisted almost entirely of battle tactics and farming procedures (Avi-Yonah 176).
Ancient Greece developed the idea of school systems around mid seventh century B.C., one century after writing was introduced (Handbook: Greece 253), however, it was not until the Hellenistic age that these schools were founded or maintained by the city (Devambez 404). Before the Hell...
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...p; The basic techniques of study for these two cultures were fundamentally similar.
i. Roman children were often split into age groups for teaching, just as the Greeks had done during Hellenistic times. ii. Music also played a role in Roman curriculum, although it was not as highly esteemed as in the Greek schools.
V. Continued education was significantly dissimilar in Greece than in Rome.
A. Most Romans that wished to continue their education were sent to Greek academies for further study, or would hire a specialist.
B. Greek academies were prevalent during Roman existence.
i. Plato’s Academy was one of the well- known Greek academies that existed sometime around 387 B.C. ii. Aristotle’s Lyceum was another research establichment that was founded after Plato’s Academy and taught using different principles than most.
VI. Although many Romans intended to Hellenize Roman education, the attempts were failed.
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Although both Roman and Greek civilizations shared similarities in the areas of art and literature, their differences were many and prominent. Their contrasting aspects rest mainly upon political systems and engineering progress, but there are also several small discrepancies that distinguish between these two societies. This essay will examine these differences and explain why, ultimately, Rome was the more advanced civilization of the two.
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Plato started his teachings in remembrance of his good friend, Socrates. After his death he traveled back to Italy and studied under Pythagoras. Some years later he began "The Academy". Much of the curriculum taught was dedicated to the teachings of Socrates. During this time he began to write down his thoughts about politics and development of a regime. Developing different aspects than Socrates'.
The Romans learned an immense amount deal from the Ancient Greeks. They first had come in touch with the Greeks in about 500 BC, part of Greece. Greece had become a part of the Roman Empire and by 27 B.C., the Romans were in not only in dominated the Greek speaking areas(Medicine In Ancient Rome) around the Mediterranean approximately . The Romans used the ideas of the Greeks but didn’t simply imitate them. Greek ideas they found unimportant as they ignored and it had seemed that the Romans were sharp on things that would lead to the improvement of the quality of life of the people in their huge empire and other areas such as hygiene. As the Roman Empire expanded through conquering Greece, many Greek doctors traveled to Italy and Rome. Many prisoners of war and could be were purchased by wealthy Romans to work in a household.
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Many subjects were taught to young boys which included grammatistes, kitharistes, and paedotribae (wikipedia.org/Ancient Greece). Older youths studied other subjects including the sciences. Since its beginnings in the Homeric and aristocratic customs, Greek education was immeasurably "democratized" during the firth century BCE. Plato, Isocrates, and the Sophists were an influence. During the Hellenistic period, gymnasium education was viewed as essential for participation and involvement in Greek culture. Education was an essential part of an individual in ancient Greece. The kind of education an individual received was ultimately based on social class. In ancient Greece, formal education was not granted to slaves (wikipedia.org/Education in ancient Greece). For example, In some poleis, laws were created and passed to prohibit the possibility of education for slaves. I will now conclude this paragraph by giving a brief summary concerning economics of ancient Greece society. During the fifth and fourth centuries BCE, ancient Greece was the most prestigious economy in the world. It is said to have also been one of the most prestigious pre-industrial economies (wikipedia.org/Ancient Greece) . The patterns of the Archaic period in Greece proceeded into the Classical period, around 500-400 BC, with both exchange and battling enormous benefactors to the
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