Ancient Greece was a time period in Greece during 800BC-500BC. Ancient Rome can be considered to start from 500BC, the beginning of the Republic of Rome. Greece was a sophisticated civilization during which the human race advanced in multiple sciences, arts and most importantly politics. Ancient Rome thought of Greece as an older and more sophisticated civilization and because of that borrowed many parts of the Greek culture. But there were also many differences among the two cultures.

Ancient Rome was built on a plain and thus developed a strong centre with the whole civilization having a similar culture. Ancient Greece on the other hand consisted of numerous city-states with some having quite different cultures than others, due to mountains and sea restricting interaction with one another. The cultures of Athens and Sparta for example were very different. Athens was considered to be the city-state of freedom, knowledge and democracy. Sparta on the other hand was a militarian city-state with mandatory military service and considered itself “The protector of Greece”.

There were many differences in human rights and equality. While in both cultures women were not considered to be full citizens, their rights and standing in the society were far more grave in the Greek culture. In Ancient Greece women weren’t considered to be citizens, didn’t really have any rights and weren’t allowed to go outside. In Rome women were citizens unable to vote and attend political matters