Lesson 8.7 - From Republic to Empire

“Ancient Greece had lots of interesting ideas, especially in the documents.”

“One document shows that Greek architects used columns in their buildings.”

“The most important ways ancient Greek culture shaped later civilizations were through its creation of democracy, its focus on philosophy, and its lasting achievements in architecture.”

“Greek achievements were cool and changed a lot of things.”

In The Assembly and the Birth of Democracy in Athens, it says that citizens "were expected to vote on major decisions," which shows how Greek democracy influenced governments that came later.

There is evidence to show that later civilizations adopted Greek democracy as their own government style.

Later civilizations adopted democracy as their own style of government, which came from the Greeks.

Democracy is a style of government that the Greeks created and allowed for more participation in government.

This shows that voting was something people did in Greece.

This proves that the Greeks liked to meet in groups and talk about issues.

In document 2, it says, "philosophy was a guide on how to live life."

This means that the Greeks created a system where regular people had a say in their government, and later civilizations used this same idea when building their own democracies.

3 consuls

a dictator

a president

a Plebian senator

He was declared dictator for life after winning the civil war.

He defeated Carthage and pushed them out of Rome.

He invaded Rome and overthrew Pompey.