greek/romans/babylonians
There are many similarities and differences between the ancient Babylonians, the Athenian Greeks and the Romans in terms of law/government, military and religion. When examining "The Code of Hammurabi"(Babylonian), "The Funeral Oration of Pericles"(Greek) and "The Constitution of Roma by the Greek Polybius"(Roman) many contrasting aspects were found in law/government and military. Similarities in religion were found in all three of these cultures. All of these things affected these cultures, some in similar and some in different way. The Greeks originally had an Oligarchy form of government. This means that it was rules by very few people. The Romans had a Republic and the Babylonians stood alone with a Monarch. Most of the Greek rules were selected to rule because of their wealth. Many didn't like the ways of the Oligarchy, so it soon changed to a democracy (crystalinks.com/greece). Greece was the first democracy in the history of the world. The Romans elected their officials and did not give its citizens as much say in state matters as the Greeks did. Greece used branches of government to represent its citizens and the Romans use these branches to represent the different levels of its society. The Romans had three d
Pericles had been a very successful leader because he based his military on strength and courage. During the reign of Hammurabi (1792-1760) a set of laws were created called "The Code of Hammurabi. The religion of the three cultures have many similarities. All three of these cultures had original beliefs in multiple gods. They troops were all well trained and very disciplined. Judaism was formed, this was the concept of the Messiah and the Old Testament. This code was a set of laws separated according to subject. This oration was given by Pericles, a politician and general during that time (Pericles, 1). ivisions of government: the consuls, the senate, and the people (Polybius, 1) The consuls power dealt with preparation for war and the general conduct of the military (CW, 128). Special festivals were put on for almost every religious cult. He had plans for success through the sea, while the others were using the land.
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