Why Ancient Rome Includes Ancient Greece Geography?

Hehe, I ask you a similar question, why did the geographical scope of the Han Dynasty include the Yue Kingdom?

In fact, it is very simple, Greece later declined, and they were all small city-states, of course, it was impossible to compete with the powerful military empire, and then it was incorporated into the territory of the Roman Empire, not only Greece, but also ancient Babylon in the territory of Rome. However, Greece remained an important region and cultural center during the Roman Empire.

The Roman Republic conquered the Greek peninsula.

Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome are not the same thing, the difference between the two is:

1. The concept is different.

Ancient Greece is not a concept of a country, but rather the designation of a region located in southeastern Europe, northeastern of the Mediterranean Sea, including the Greek peninsula, the archipelago and islands of the Aegean and Ionian Seas, the southwestern coast of Turkey, eastern Italy, and the eastern coast of Sicily.

Ancient Rome was a country. The map was constantly changing with the military expansion of the Roman state. Initially, the geographical scope of ancient Rome was limited to the city of Rome on the Tiber River, and later expanded to the entire Italian peninsula, eventually becoming a great empire spanning Europe, Asia, and Africa.

2. The time of appearance is different.

The ancient Greek civilization lasted for about 650 years, from 800 BC to 146 BC, and was the most important and direct source of Western civilization.

Ancient Rome refers to the civilization that emerged in the middle of the Italian Peninsula (i.e., the Apennine Peninsula) at the beginning of the 9th century BC, and successively went through three stages: the Roman monarchy (753 BC to 509 BC), the Roman Republic (509 BC 27 BC), and the Roman Empire (27 476 BC to 1453 BC).

3. The impact is different.

Ancient Greek culture, which had a profound impact on later generations; Ancient Roman culture is a continuation of the civilization of Ancient Greece.

The ancient Greeks had profound attainments in philosophy, poetry, architecture, science, literature, drama, mythology, and many other aspects. After the fall of ancient Greece, it was continued by the ancient Romans, thus becoming the spiritual source of the entire Western civilization.

The common denominator: they are all the source of Western civilization and are in the same vein.

Differences: 1. Ancient Greece was a region, and Ancient Rome was a country. Ancient Greece included the southern part of the Baal Peninsula, the western coast of Asia Minor, and many small islands in the Aegean Sea, and its geographical scope was relatively fixed. The map of ancient Rome was constantly changing with the military expansion of the Roman state.

Initially, the geographical scope of ancient Rome was limited to the city of Rome on the Tiber River, and later expanded to the entire Italian peninsula, eventually becoming a large empire spanning Europe, Asia, and Africa, but the Italian peninsula remained the center of gravity of the Roman state.

2. From the perspective of chronological order, the ancient Greek civilization appeared first, the ancient Roman civilization developed later, the Greeks were the teachers of the Romans, and the ancient Roman civilization developed on the basis of learning from the ancient Greeks. Specifically, the ancient Greek civilization existed from the 20th century BC to the 4th century BC, and successively experienced the Aegean era (20th century BC to the 12th century BC), the Dark Ages (12th to 8th BC), and the city-state era (8th to 4th BC). Ancient Roman civilization existed from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD, and successively experienced the Age of Kings (753 BC to 509 BC), the Republican Era (509 BC to 27 BC) and the Imperial Age (27 BC to 476 AD).

The relationship between Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome is as follows:

1. Cultural inheritance. In the 100 years since the rise of ancient Greece, Ancient Rome was a small city on the banks of the Tiber River in the middle of the Italian peninsula. Ancient Greek art, philosophy, and religion all had a profound influence on ancient Rome.

After the rise of ancient Rome, ancient Greece had gradually declined at this time, but the ancient Romans still admired ancient Greek culture very much, and a large number of ancient Greeks were hired as tutors for the ancient Roman aristocracy. A large number of ancient Greek dramas and literature were introduced into the cultural life of ancient Rome.

2. The relationship between politics and war. After the rise of ancient Rome, through several Macedonian wars, the ancient Greek city-states that had declined were finally incorporated into ancient Rome. This also made many of the people of ancient Greece slaves of ancient Rome.

This led to a more profound connection and influence between ancient Rome and ancient Greece.

According to classical scholars, the word "democracy" (demokratia) in ancient Greek first appeared in the middle of the 5th century BC. The origin of the concept of democracy can be traced back to the customs of democracy and equality of clans and tribes in primitive societies. Ancient Greece had hundreds of city-states, with different customs and diverse forms of government, and only a handful of them were truly democratic (such as Athens).

The transformation of the Athenian state from a primitive monarchy and aristocracy to a democracy was the result of a series of domestic and foreign factors, including the long-term and unremitting struggle of the common people. The evaluation of the historical status and role of the Athenian democracy must also be analyzed in stages and cannot be generalized. After the beginning of the 6th century B.C., a number of visionary politicians in Athens successively legislated and reformed, the core of which was to abolish debt slavery, reconcile the contradictions between the various factions within the citizen collective, strengthen its internal cohesion, and promote its outward expansion.

In the late 5th century BC, Athens became rich and powerful on the basis of oppression, exploitation, and enslavement of Gentiles; The implementation of democracy was the main measure taken by the Athenian rulers to strengthen their rule over the vast number of subjects, and the deepening of the contradictions between the Athenians and the majority of the subjects was also an important reason for their final defeat in the Peloponnesian War. The Athenian people after 403 B.C. became traitors because of their inability to carry out large-scale expansion, and the rulers of the city-state made a wise choice based on historical traditions and practical needs.