Ancient greece was the birth place of western civilization about 2500 years ago.greek civilization developed chiefly in small city states called poli. the best known city stated were athens and sparta.the greeks called them selves hellens and their land hellas.ancient greeks made great achievments in philosophy,architecture,pottery and sculpture.they also developed drama and originated westrn philosophy.there are some greek origins like democracy,phsychology,olympic and marathon.
And in rome different peoples inhabited ancient italy one of these peoples were called latins.they settled on the hills above the river tiber in central italy around 753BC.
the languages of ancient romans,latin bacame the basis of the french,italian,spanish and other languages.ancient romans built public baths and amphitheatres.the most famous amphitheatre in the city of rome was coliseum.the roman republic was established in 500BC.two elected officials called consuls headed the government of the republic.a consul served for only a year.the senate was the most powerful government body of the roman republic and senators served for life.the roman empire was established after the republic destroyed by 20 years civil war.
