The governments of ancient Greece and Rome had many similarities and differences, creating two unique cultures. There were several things that set them apart, and it changed the way each civilization grew and developed. For example, Greece’s social classes were divided into slaves, women and citizens, while Rome had slaves, plebeians and patricians. In ancient Rome, plebeians were the commoners in Rome, such as farmers, and patricians were aristocrats or noblemen. Furthermore, women were treated as citizens in Rome, but more like property in Greece (“Ancient Greece vs. Ancient Rome,” para. 5). In Athens, women were controlled by the men in their lives by having their father control them before marriage, and their husbands after. Another difference between the two countries was how their governments originally began. Greece was originally made up of several city-states, each being an independant nation. Rome, on the other hand, was originally a monarchy. Over time, it eventually became a Republic, in which power is held by the people and their elected representatives. The similarities between the government of Greece and Rome included their beliefs in several gods. Athens was known for worshiping the goddess Athena, their city-god. Rome worshiped several other gods as well, including Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. Another similarity was their fierce militaries. Greece was known for having lots of internal warfare, but they succeeded in preventing any military invasions, especially from Persia. Rome is known for having as the most powerful and successful military in the Western region. Their size, strength, and organization helped them to achieve many accomplishments in the expansion of their empire. The governments in... ... middle of paper ... ...United States, creating the government we have today. Works Cited Archibald, Zofia. Discovering the World of the Ancient Greeks. New York: Facts On File, 1991. Print. "Explaining the Rise and Dominance of Rome." Wordology.com. Worldology, LLC, 2009. Web. 16 Jan. 2014. Gill, N. S. "7 Points to Know About Ancient Greek Government." About.com Ancient / Classical History. N.p., 2014. Web. 14 Jan. 2014. Gill, N. S. "Comparisons Between Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome." About.com Ancient / Classical History. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Jan. 2014. Mellor, Ronald, and Marni McGee. The Ancient Roman World. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2004. Print. Prabhat. "Difference Between Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome." DifferenceBetween.net. N.p., June-July 2011. Web. 16 Jan. 2014. "Sources of Ideas That Shaped the American Plan of Government." Www.dsusd.k12.ca.us/. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Jan. 2014.
The development of an empire is a change strongly emphasized in the Archeology as a radical departure from the Hellenic tradition, and consequently a major source of conflict among the Greeks. Prior to the adven...
Athens and Sparta were all very big, successful city-states in the ancient world that conquered many lands and won many battles. Ancient Athens and Ancient Sparta seem similar; they have very different functioning societies. Athens was known for its impressive art and culture while Sparta was a very war-like city-state and their society was completely based on having a great military. The thing they had in common was that social status and the jobs that each rank of society had was very important. The social status was crucial to Sparta and Athens because, without it, both Greek city-states would not be able to function.
Greece and Rome are the similar because the people have power. They are different because Greece is Republic and Rome is Democratic. They relate to ours because we have Democratic and Republic. Also, both parties have the same type of power. Greece is like our government today.
Greece and Rome were two early civilizations. Greece’s empire begin between 1600 and 1000 b.c.e. The Roman Empire began in 753 B.C.E. The Greek and Roman civilizations both had governments. The Greek government was a democracy while the Roman government was a republic. The two civilizations are different in their types of governments, government positions, and the election process. The governments of Greece and Rome were similar in some ways but they are more different than they are alike.
In some ways, Greece and Rome’s religions can almost be called identical. Both in Greece and Rome religion had a small effect on politics. Although religion played a large role in Roman Life, it did not have a major affect in politics as it did in ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and modern middle eastern nations like Saudi Arabia. Roman’s practiced Stoicism, or the idea that service to the state and community was the highest calling, implying that the Romans valued serving their nation rather than serving Gods and Goddess. As in Greece, most people didn’t take their gods seriously, and instead adopted philosophy, and secular values.
Athens was a city-state of present day Greece. Athens ruled it’s people strictly. Women in Athens could not become citizens, and neither could children (Doc A.) Athens, like most Greek city-states, was very mountainous, which caused a smaller number of people to attend the Athenian Assembly, it’s governmental meeting (Doc E). Rome was less strict than Athens, as women and children could become citizens (Doc A). Rome, like the United States, had a Senate. Around 300 people had seats in the Senate at a time (Doc F). The Senate made the laws of Rome.
Rome vs. Greece! Which empire was better and why? This essay will talk about the differences and similarities of Greece and Rome and which empire I chose. My research has led to my opinion that Rome had the upper hand in Government, economy and religion.
Even though they had their similarities if you asked someone where they were from then they would not saw greece they would instead name their city state. each city state had their own army and some larger city states had a navy. they would oftentimes group up to fight a common enemy or other city states, beacuse they were independent from eachother.
The Greek Democracy was very simple on how they changed over time to fit the people. The governments from the two empires were design for the people. Though the Roman government was based off of the Greek Democracy they had more additions to the government than the Greek did. The formation of the Roman republican government influenced directly by the ideology of a Greek democracy because of the similar style in the power to the people such as elections, people participating in the government, and the citizens’ rights.
These governments came in different styles such as a monarchy which was led by a king. Another form of government that was seen among the Greeks was aristocracy in which the polis was ruled by a small group of noble, land owning families. One of the more notable polis of ancient Greek was that of Sparta in which they used the oligarchy as there form of government. This type of government is where the people are ruled by a few powerful people. Finally, there was democracy which means “rule of the people” (The Legacy of Ancient Greece and Rome 1-7). This was the government that Athens utilized and helped establish. These varying types of government can be seen throughout governments today, however, it is the government established by the Athenians and their political structure that had a greater impact on the west than that of its Greek polis counterparts.
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Each had their own version of political councils that were give specific power and tasks that they were to oversee and uphold. Equally, both city-states defined citizens as being only males who were born from descendants of either Athenian or Spartan born parents. Although very similar in structure, Athens and Sparta had their political differences. The main difference being Sparta’s focus being on war and employing a two king system to oversee the army as well as policy at the same time. Today this could be similar to the president and vice-president dynamic. Athens’ structure was much more complex than that of Sparta which gave more freedom to the people; this was partly due to breaking down regions into 10 separate states that formed the larger entire state of Athens. Below are some of the similarities in there government
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This week’s written assignment is to compare and contrast monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, oligarchy, and democracy as forms of government in Ancient Greek city-states. I will address each form of government, providing examples of each and will include applicable comparisons and/or contrasts.