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 country, or back then, a very large group of city-states, and Rome is a single city. There are many differences in the social structure, the treatment of women and sla
Discrepancies appeared in many elements of the social structure. They way women were treated in both societies was dissimilar. In the ancient Greek city-states "women has no political role...and were rarely ever seen outside the family compound" (Sindelar, p.35). Women in the ancient world, especially in Greece were seen as "property" of their fathers', and, after marriage, of their husbands'. …