Greek influence on the Romans
The culture in Rome is vaguely familiar to that of the Greek cultures, the Greeks have made a great impact
on the Roman culture. There were great influences from Alexander the Great in the Hellenistic age, as he became
one of the greatest leaders known to man. There have been countless numbers of similarities in their religions,
however the religions did end up changing, and the Romans made improvements to the way they viewed life in a religious form. The Roman social structures and politics are somewhat influenced on the Greek cultures, as the influence of Alexander the Great really comes into play. Intellectual achievements from both the Greeks and Romans were very useful even to our day in age; the Romans did learn a lot from the Greeks to help them improve structures. The Romans however did not copy the Greek culture they just followed what they did and improved upon it to make theirs better and more us
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The women in Roman times were allowed to be a part of the society, unlike they were in the Greek times, they were treated like they were to do nothing but stay in the household in Greece, however their main priority in Rome was to still take care of the household, but that was not all the rights they were given. The religious views of the Romans may not of been entirely like that of the Greeks, but they did get their gods names from the Greeks. The Romans unlike the Greeks viewed their gods as all mighty figures, not as just a mirror image to that of man with immortality and superhuman strengths. The Romans while polytheistic adapted the Greek gods. The war in Greece under Alexander was a professional army and it was very much respectful, he allowed the places he conquered to keep their culture. The Greeks believed that there were twelve gods on Mount Olympus, but the Romans later believes were that there was one god that lived in heaven. The Greeks afterlife, or underworld, was flavorless and unhappy, if you were dead you were dead and the only way to have happiness is to be an immortal. Alexander the Great in the Hellenistic time increased the trade in Greece, made an empire, gave women more rights, advanced science, and made warfare very well advanced. Roman social and political views were deeply influenced by the Greeks; Alexander the Great is what made Greece such an influential place. The spread of Christianity attracted the poor, more so than any other social class. Alexander would conquer lands and take slaves in, who made the population of slave"tms skyrocket; Greece"tms population of slaves was at forty percent. The god they believed in was all mighty, and was immortal, he had nothing wrong with him, and he was perfect. Some Romans viewed a modified Greek afterlife, but after the spread of Christianity in Rome they started to view it as heaven or hell, they believed that the soul was immortal and that anyone could make it to the peaceful afterlife.
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