Romans verses Ancient Greeks.....Who was the best???
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Well, I am fond of the Greeks for their literature and art.  The Romans, however, took the Greek basis and expanded the ideas.  Their art tends to contain deeper messages which some people appreciate.  I like the older Greek stuff, though...and especially the Archaic poets.  Have you read any Sappho?\n\nSo...Greek :)
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Hephaestus, the lame god. He is the only one who is marred with physical imperfection, yet he is the one who truly values beauty. Ostracized by the gods, he works on his mechanical wonders, and holds no grudges. He is strong, loyal and dependable, and can experience true joy through his work. It might be the reason for the gorgeous Aphrodite to become his partner for some time. Just like him, she knew that beauty has many facets. So, I vote for Hephaestus(whose better known Roman equivalent is Vulcan).
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We'll you'll find it all in Wikipedia.\n\n«Although surviving Latin literature consists almost entirely of Classical Latin, an artificial and highly stylized and polished literary language from the 1st century BC, the actual spoken language of the Roman Empire was Vulgar Latin, which significantly differed from Classical Latin in grammar, vocabulary, and eventually pronunciation. Also, although Latin remained the main written language of the Roman Empire, Greek came to be the language spoken by the well-educated elite, as most of the literature studied by Romans was written in Greek. In the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which became the Byzantine Empire, Greek eventually supplanted Latin as both the written and spoken language.»
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Lots of present day laws have some basis in Ancient Rome. I think the idea of aqueducts was also invented by Romans. Those darn romans think of everything.
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The ancient Egyptians, or "the Blacks", as the Greeks referred to them, are responsible for mathematics, physics, chemistry, astrology, I could go on and on.  They were reading, writing volumonous books, building libraries and monuments thousands of years before the caucasian emerged from the caves of the Caucas Mtns.  I think the ancient Egyptians should be respected by ALL for thier contributions to civilization.  There is not another people on the planet who contributed more.  They taught EVERYBODY.  Europeans studied there for years prior to giving birth to this thing called racism.  And keep in mind that Alexander the So-Called Great and his team of philosophers (either socrotes or aristotle I cannot remember which was on this trip) destroyed Egypt, stole all of the ancient books, burned down the famous library at Alexandria, took them back to Greece and put Aristotle and others names on it.  Do you actually think Aristotle wrote 10,000 books?  NO.  But the Eyptians over a span of thousands of years DID.
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An excellent movie! Although I have seen the movie several times and am taking a class regarding the Greeks and Romans, I cannot recall any particular historical difference. You could try imdb.com
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What is amazing about it? of course most ancient Romans where educated people and colonial Americans where the poor Europeans that wanted to start a new life somewhere else.
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Thousands, possibly tens of thousands or more. One I'd suggest is the Mythologica. It has Roman and Greek and loooots of others but I haven't found another that I like as much. It seems to be the most thorough as well, though I've only ever had small town libraries to search through.
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Cassius Clay was the best when he fought. Muhammad Ali was the Greatest of All Time.\n\nOf course, they're the same person, but since Ali was at the very top of his game in '66 and he had already changed his name in '64, Ali was the better of the two.\n\n(If you look at lists of the best boxers ever, in most cases Clay isn't mentioned at all.)
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ARES.......THATS THE BEST ONE......
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If you base the performance on medals won, the best performing nation in Modern Olympic history is the USA. \n\nThe  link shows the total medals won by nation, for both the Summer & Winter games.
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Persian Empire for sure!\nThe second was Egiptian empire.
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Aphrodite isn't the Goddess of Venus or the moon. She's the Greek Goddess of Love, Beauty and Fertility. The confusion comes from the fact that the Greeks and Romans had an almost identical pantheon of Gods and Goddesses. The Goddess that was known to the Greeks as Aphrodite was Venus to the Romans (the planet was named after the Goddess, not the other way around). \n\nSome people confuse Aphrodite with Artemis. Artemis was the Greek Goddess of the hunt and was often associated with the moon (sensible as one hunts best at night under a full moon).\n\nAt any rate the Greeks and Romans did not believe that their Gods and Goddesses ruled over any planets but simply associated certain planets with them.
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Try this BBC site, it has some useful information:\n\nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/\n\n\nGood Luck!
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Ajax.\n\nHe was a hero in the Iliad, "described as the tallest of the Achaeans, second only to his cousin Achilles in strength and bravery."  \n\nquoted from website below.
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Hannibal and Leonidas are EXCELLENT choices.\nCaesar is also a very good choice. What about Rommel? \nOk here goes;\nGreatest leader-Leonidas\nGreatest tactician-Hannibal Barca\nGreatest General(soldiers man)-Erwin Rommel\nGreatest overall-maybe Caesar, he had many of the qualities of all the above.
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2pac was definitely the greatest. Most people would argue that Biggie is, but i argue with them hands down it goes to 2pac!!!