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By:

Christopher Smith

The Greeks & The Romans

ABC’s Of Culture

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The Romans

The Greeks

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Appearance

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Romans wore overtogasGreeks did not

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Belief System

The Greeks Believed in the following gods and others as well.

Zeus Hera Athena Apollo Artemis Hephaestus Aphrodite Poseidon Hades

1.The Romans believed in the following and others.

2. Jupiter3. Juno4. Mars5. Venus6. Minerva7. Vulcan8. Mercury9. Diana10. Neptune11.Pluto

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Communication

Αα Alpha Νν Nu Ββ Beta Ξξ Xi, Γγ Gamma Οο Omicron Δδ Delta Ππ Pi Εε Epsilon Ρρ Rho Ζζ Zeta

Σσς Sigma Ηη Eta Ττ Tau Θθ Theta Υυ Upsilon

Ιι Iota Φφ Phi Κκ Kappa Χχ Chi Λλ Lambda Ψψ Psi Μμ Mu Ωω Omega

These are Greek letters

1. The Roman language of Latin was a complex language and rather similar to our own. For example.

2. Letter A

3. Name ā

4. Pronunciation /a:/

5. Letter Z

6. Name zēta

7. Pronunciation /’ze:ta/

8.This is but an example

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Entertainment

The Greeks would at party’s play the lyre or flute. They would also watch women dance naked and tell stories. They also had poets that traveled Greece.

The Romans had great gladiatorial battle's in their Colosseum’s. Also at the Circus Maximus Chariot races were held. Finally the Campus was an old solider drill ground that was converted into a track and field playground.

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Food

Bread Dipped in Wine Fish Beef Pork Milk Cheese Soup Honey cakes Olives Fruit Vegetables Honey

Bread Cereals Corn Oil and Wine Porridge Sausage Domestic Fowl Fish Eggs Lettuce Asparagus Shellfish

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Government

Athens Democratic

government Ruled by the people Equal rites Sparta Monarchy Militaristic All citizens have right

to opinion

Imperialistic state Expansionary Ruled by a single ruler Roman Empire started

under Julius Ceaser Eventually split into two

parts by Emperor Constantine

East Roman Empire West Roman Empire Emperor was in the East City of Constantinople

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Housing

Most houses tended to be poorly constructed

Poor houses contained 1 room

Middle class contained 2-3 rooms

The upper class anywhere from 4 and up

Poor people lived in simple apartment buildings

Middle class lived in simple homes with simple accommodations

The upper class lived in large homes where they had feasts and party’s the somethingtorium was were they puked so that they could eat more

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Information

Sparta Boys and girls are given

education to make them into the best solders in the case of boys and the best Mothers in the case of girls.

Athens

Romans were given informal bi-lingual educations

Later some boys and girls were sent to public schools

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Jobs

There were weavers, spinners, smith’s, witch/wizard, priest, poet’s, and army commanders.

There were also actor’s, artist’s, astronomer's and bard’s.

Other job’s were baker, dancer, druggist, hetaera, maid, miller, and musician.

There were senators and Quaestor’s.

There were procurator’sand publicanus.There were Augurs, and

Flamen.

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Kinds of Environment

Rome was built on three hills.

There were salt flats near the city.

They were on the Mediterranean Sea.

The Greeks The RomansThe soil was not very

good for growing most things.

There a lot of mountains that made travel from one place to another very hard.

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Leftovers

One of the advantages of hoplites was their heavy armor.

Others being their long spears and large shields.

Roman advantages were that they were able to move rapidly, had long Range weapons called Pilums for well ranged engagement. Their short swords were good against infantry. And they used large shields for defense.

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Biography

Jobs slide http://www.fjkluth.com/gjobs.htmlhttp://www.roman-colosseum.info/roman-life/ancient-roman-jobs.htmEnvironment Slide http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/environment/Leftovers Slidehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoplitehttp://www.hadrians.com/rome/romans/daily_life/roman_soldiers.html

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