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Christianity posed a serious threat to early Romans. Christianity contrasted the idea of polytheism, the belief in several gods, by practicing monotheism, the belief in one god, which was offensive to traditional Romans. Christianity was considered criminal and was harshly punished. Christians suffered from occasional persecutions for over 250 years. Christianity began within Judaism. After hearing that Jesus had overcome death, the Christians gained followers in Jerusalem and throughout Judaea and Galilee. In the second century, persecution of Christians diminished. Under Theodosius the Great, a ruler from 378-395, Christianity was adopted as the official religion of the Roman Empire.

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Influence of the Greeks on Roman Culture and Society

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Influence of the Greeks on Roman Culture and Society

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The ancient Greeks has a strong influence on the Roman Empire. Although the Romans took this influence and made it into something their own, Greek influence is clear in religion, art, architecture, literature, and philosophy.

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The Contributions of Early Greece to Western Civilizations

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The Contributions of Early Greece to Western Civilizations

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Classical Greece greatly influenced the foundations of Western Civilization, much of the Western politics, artistic thought, architecture, scientific thought, literature and philosophy we see today dates back to this period in Greek culture.

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Hellenistic Period of Alexander the Great

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Hellenistic Period of Alexander the Great

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The Hellenistic period is the period of time in ancient Greece and Mediterranean history between the death of Alexander the Great and the emergence of the Roman Empire. Greece's cultural influence was at peak throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa. There was also a lot of progress in art, exploration, literature, theater, architecture, math, philosophy, and scientific thought. It's often considered a transition.

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Classical Greece was a 200 year period in Greek culture. It lasted from the 5th to the 4th centuries BCE. This period saw the invasion of much of modern day Greece by the Persian Empire; it also had a powerful influence on the Roman Empire.

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In ancient times, Greece was not a unified country, rather it was a collection of hundreds of city-states. The first Greek state, named Mycenae, was a fortified site founded by a German archaeologist by the name of Heinrich Schliemann. The early Greek civilization flourished between 1600 and 1100 BCE. Mycenean Greeks were considered part of the Indo-European people who spread into southern and western Europe, India, and Iran. One of these groups eventually entered Greece from the north around 1900 B.C. The group managed to gain control of the Greek mainland and develop a civilization.