Greece and Rome Essay

Greece was the first major civilization. They invented the wheel and

many other things we use today. There armies weren't very big so when

the Romans took over it was easy for them. They had a king and an

assembley of adults which consisted of male warriors who defended the

realm. The Greek's had a lot of invaders and that is why they needed a

big army but did'nt have one big enough. One of the greatest story

tellers of all times was from Greece. His name was Homer. People

know nothing about him and his writing's may have been written by

more than one person. He wrote the story of the Trojan war in around

the 8th century. The Greek's were mighty sailors and trader's because

they lived so close to the sea. Our words police and politics come from

the Greek word polis meaning City. Greece also had many good

sculptures and were the first to start sclupting freehand. The eygptions

rarly left stone around the limbs.

The Romans built acropolis's. Acropolis's were fortress's built on

top of a hill or plateau. They were built to defend against other armies.

The also built them on the water so it wasn't as easy to attack on all

sides. The Romans classified people as barbarians, surf, middle class,

senate, and Rulers. Barbarians were none citizens. They also had slaves

but I don't know what they were classified as. They had gladiator

events for fun. The gladiators wood go up against criminals and

hopefully kill them. The first roman aqueduct was made in 312 BC.

Soon the cities got really crowded and the forum's needed to be bigger

and vehicles were only allowed on the streets after dark so fire and

police vehicles could make it through. In 64 AD there was a very big

fire but the emperor at this time somewhat liked the fire, it gave him

room to build his palatial House of Gold. Before the fall of Rome, the

Romans started building coliseums and amphitheaters to entertain the

city. In 410 and 455 AD Rome was attacked by large German tribes

and then Rome started to fall.