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Roman Greece

146 BCE - 330 CE

By: Apichaya, Bralee, Ramita, Sarocha, Thaya


TIMELINE
RISE AND FALL

146 BC - Battle of Corinth


(between Roman and Greek)

2 main reasons:

- Agriculture
- Revenge

*Other city-states carried on*

Related with what happened in


Theodosian Dynasty
Pontus and Rome

73 BC - 63 BC

Pontus VS. Roman Republic

- Took the advantages by


the Civil War between
Julius Caesar with
Pompey

Nero revenge in 62 CE
CITIES
Corinth - where they founded
Battle of Corinth in 146 BCE

Sinope - being conquered by


Rome in 63 BCE in Pontus

Argos - oldest city-state in


Ancient Greece

Delphi - religious Greek


city-states
GEOGRAPHY
GOVERNMENT
-made up of many city-state,
each had own government

-Aristotle divided into 4 types

Monarchies, Oligarchies,
Tyrannies, Democracies
SOCIAL STRUCTURE Citizen: divided into 2 groups

-Citizen; only men can be


-Noncitizen; slaves, women,
foreigner

Patricians The upper class of citizen

The lower class of citizen


Plebeians

Slaves
The lowest class
LANGUAGE
- Greek alphabet learn from the
Phoenicians

- Greek alphabet is the first alphabet


that use vowels

- Nowadays, Greek letter popular in


mathematics
ARTS
-It is called CLASSICAL ART

-Roman took art from Greece

-Invented masks for plays

-Used marble to make the sculpture.

-included wall painting and mosaic.


ARCHITECTURE
-Mostly copied from the Greek

-Most representative building = temple

-Roman took and used three types of column from Greeks which
are;

- Ionic

- Doric

- Corinthian

-
CHARACTERISTICS
DORIC COLUMN IONIC COLUMN CORINTHIAN COLUMN

- It is fluted - It is more fluted - Often seen on Roman


than Doric columns. temples.

- The columns have - The columns have - The columns have a


no base, but just sit a small base to fancier base to stand
right on the floor. stand on, instead of on.
sitting right on the
floor.

- Top part is plain. - Top part is curved, - The capital is very


round elaborate and
decorated with
acanthus leaves
Union Station in Washington DC.

The Pathenon, Rome

The Parthenon Temple at the


Acropolis in Athens:
INVENTIONS
The Roman Invention are mostly imitated from the Greek

Pre-Julian Roman Calendar


Water Technology:
Aqueduct
Water mill
Hypocaust
Mathematics:
The Prime Number
Aeolipile ( Herons engine or Radial Steam Turbine)
MILITARY
- Greek military relied heavily on Mercenaries
- Roman military was known as Descendant of Mars
- Roman pretended to let Greece be independent, but by 146
BCE, Roman destroyed corinth and turn Greece to a
province of Roman Empire
RELIGION

Polytheistic - both Roman and Greece


The formal rituals - animal sacrifices
Myth - Mysteries of Eleusis.
Priest - Take care temple
Athletic Games and competitions in music and theatre were held during
festivals to honor god
God and Goddess
Bibliography
http://quatr.us/greeks/government/
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_greece/greek_alphabet.php
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_greek_timeline.php
https://www.ahistoryofgreece.com/roman.htm
https://www.pinterest.com/saturdaynight/ancient-greece/
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_greek_government.php
http://beautyofancientthings.tumblr.com/
https://www.quora.com/Why-were-the-Greeks-unable-to-resist-the-invasion-by-the-Romans
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_greek_famous_people.php
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_greece/greek_city_state.php
https://deadliestblogpage.wordpress.com/2014/03/24/phalanx-vs-legion-closing-the-debate/

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