A Comparison of Ancient Cultures: Greece and Rome.

Greco-Roman history is very complex. The two civilizations developed at dramatically different rates, as well as different times in history, and comparison is both difficult and easy. It is easy to compare Greece and Rome because both societies are in relatively the same area, situated on the same major body of water: The Mediterranean. However, it is also very difficult to compare Greek and Roman cultures because of the very fact that Greece is a …

…Greeks did not have that many slaves that worked the fields because the Greek poleis were centered around the family and the household, and the Roman slaves were primarily agricultural workers, illustrates the need for differences in societies. It is important that each civilization has its own elements that are different from any other. Though it divides humans now, as it divided cultures from the ancient civilizations as well, diversity is what makes the world.