ORIGINS OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME

SHARED TERMS AND FACTS

1. Mediterranean Sea

2. Aegean Sea

3. Italian Peninsula

4. Iron Age

5. Dark Ages

6. Ionian Migration

7. Monarchy

8. City States

9. Trojan War

10. Trade

11. Agriculture

12. Linear Writing

13. Alphabet

14. Epic Poem

15. Frescoes

16. Polytheistic

ORIGINS OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME

SIMILAR TERMS AND FACTS

Key Groups That

Influenced Development

1. Minoans 2. Mycenaean’s 3. Phoenicians 4. Dorian's

1. Latin's 2. Greeks 3. Etruscans 4. Indo-Europeans

ROME GREECE

Political Influences

5. Democracy 6. Oligarchy

5. Republic 6. Aristocracy

Literary Influences

7. Homer 8. lliad

7. Virgil 8. Aeneid

Economy 9. Flourished 9. Prospered

Unique Terms

and Facts

1. Crete 2. Troy 3. Ionian Peninsula

1. Tiber River 2. Romulus 3. Remus

COMPARING ANCIENT GREECE & ROME

GREECE ROME

Form of Government DEMOCRACY REPUBLIC

Citizens Citizens Free Born Males (18+)

Leaders Leaders Chosen by Lot / Vote

Branches Branches Legislative, Executive, Judicial

Codes of Law Spartan Code Draco’s Code

Republican Law Imperial Law

Famous Ruler Alexander the Great

Julius Caesar

COMPARING ANCIENT GREECE & ROME

GREECE ROME

Soldiers Hoplites Legionnaires

Key Units Syntagma (265 Warriors)

Cohort (480 Warriors)

Key Formation Key Formation Phalanx

MAIN CONFLICTS

Greeks Versus Romans Romans Versus Greeks Pyrrhic Wars

Persian Wars Punic Wars

Greeks -vs- Persians Romans -vs- Carthage

COMPARING ANCIENT GREECE & ROME

GREECE ROME

Primary Levels of Social Classes

1. Citizens 2. Metics 3. Freedmen 4. Slaves

1. Patricians 2. Plebeians 3. Freedmen 4. Slaves

Key Occupations Key Occupations Metalworkers,

Potters, Carpenters

Key Form of Religion Key Form of Religion Polytheism

Zeus, Aphrodite, Ares, Athena, Apollo, Poseidon

Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Minerva Pluto, Neptune,

COMPARING ANCIENT GREECE & ROME

GREECE ROME

Clothing Styles Chiton

Himation

Cloaks

Sandals

Togas

Tunics

Cloaks

Sandals

Types of Food Types of Food Olives, Grapes, Wheat, Barley

Various Meats & Cheeses

Main Trade Center / Market

Trajan Market Agora Market

COMPARING ANCIENT GREECE & ROME

GREECE ROME

Currency

(Stamped)

Drachma

Coins

(Stamped)

Republican

Coins

Accommodations

Athenian Houses

Roman Villas

Apartments Blocks

COMPARING ANCIENT GREECE & ROME

GREECE ROME

Acropolis Circus Maximus

Roman Coliseum Greek Parthenon

Lighthouse

of

Alexandria Roman Pantheon

MONUMENTAL STRUCTURES (Key Architectural Styles)

COMPARING ANCIENT GREECE & ROME

GREECE ROME ENTERTAINMENT

Theater

1. Comedy

2. Tragedy

Theater

1. Comedy

2. Tragedy

SPORTS & COMPETITION

Chariot Racing Olympic Games

Gladiator Games

COMPARING ANCIENT GREECE & ROME

GREECE ROME

TYPE of WRITING

ALPHABET

FAMOUS LITERATURE

EPIC POEM

ILIAD & ODYSSEY

by Homer

AENEID

by Virgil

TROJAN

WAR

COMPARING ANCIENT GREECE & ROME

GREECE ROME KEY PHILOSOPHERS

Socrates

Plato

Aristotle

“Marcus

Aurelius”

Marcus

Tullius

“Cicero”

COMPARING ANCIENT GREECE & ROME

HOW ARE THEY MOST SIMILAR?

1. Government:

2. Military:

3. Economy:

4. Religion:

5. Entertainment

6. Education:

7. Social Classes:

8. Professions:

3 Branches; Voting; Citizens; Free Born Males

Professional; Phalanx; Chariots; Pyrrhic War

Stamped Coins (Silver); Central Markets

Polytheistic (Mythology); Same Gods (Different Names)

Theater (Comedy & Tragedy); Chariots; Sports

Alphabet; Epic Poems; Philosophy

Similar Lower Classes (Freedmen & Slaves)

Similar Jobs (Metalworkers, Potters, Carpenters)