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Arête And Homeric Ideals

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In the Greek and Roman governments, they rose from the bottom and became one the biggest empires of all time. In this paper, the arête and Homeric ideal will be explained along with the individual honors and collective honors of the Greek society. Also, the Republic of Rome and how citizens attributed to the Roman Government and developed during the Struggle of orders. Next, in the book “The Roman Government” it explains how the Roman Government began its downfall and how people used glory to help them.
Where do the words arête and Homeric Ideals come from and what are the meanings behind these ancient terms? Arête was first used by Aristotle to describe a person or item of excellence which also means the best person you can be but, though …show more content…

At first, they compromised to where everyone could live an attainable life style. As the Greek continued they were more of a bunch of thinkers as they took their time and they took too much time and the Peloponnesian war broke out. The Romans didn’t want to make the same mistake as the Greeks so they were more of doers. They made a compromise which made it easier to make sure the life of the Roman Republic strengthens. The Romans then moved forward and took a path to conquer cities and capture people. They made the Roman Empire and made the captured enemies a deal where they could do anything they wanted, but in the time of crises they would have to serve the …show more content…

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