1, different concepts.
Ancient Greece is not the concept of a country, but the name of a region, which is located in the southeast of Europe and the northeast of the Mediterranean, including the islands and archipelagos of the Greek Peninsula, Aegean Sea and Ionian Sea, the southwest coast of Turkey, the east coast of Italy and the east coast of Sicily.
Ancient Rome was a country. The territory was constantly changing with the military expansion of Roman countries. The geographical scope of ancient Rome was limited to the city of Rome on the Tiber River at first, then extended to the whole Italian peninsula, and finally became a great empire spanning Europe, Asia and Africa.
2. The playing time is different
The ancient Greek civilization lasted about 650 years from 800 BC to 146 BC, which was the most important and direct source of western civilization.
Ancient Rome refers to the civilization that rose in the middle of the Italian Peninsula (Apennine Peninsula) from the beginning of the 9th century BC. It went through three stages: the Roman monarchy (753-509 BC), the Roman Republic (509-27 BC) and the Roman Empire (27-476 BC/1453 BC).
3. Different influences
Ancient Greek culture has a far-reaching influence on later generations; Ancient Roman culture is a continuation of ancient Greek civilization.
The ancient Greeks had profound attainments in philosophy, poetry, architecture, science, literature, drama, mythology and many other aspects. After the demise of ancient Greece, it was continued by the ancient Romans, thus becoming the spiritual source of the whole western civilization.
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