Civilized means people who live in cities (from Latin civis :: a citizen). Uncivilized people live in tiny villages, without proper roads, or running water, or any kind of a centralised government.
Once people have sufficient social organisation to live in cities, they are civilized.
The Romans wanted to be civilized because they wanted to be the best, and to do that they needed to be civilized people.
The Romans weren't civilized because they took peoples lives and used it for their own good, they also hated Christians for what they belived in, simply because that's not what their society thought.
During the period of the Roman Empire, Rome was considered the most civilized city in the world and Roman citizens the most civilized people in the world, regardless of whether they were rich or poor.
A barbarian is a person who isnt civilized, according to romans and greeks, all except romans, greek and maybe egyptians were barbarians. The vikings were germanic warriors from far away who wanted to plunder, they were barbarians in the eyes of europe
No they weren't civilized!
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The opposite of civilized could "Primitive"
The Americans are a civilized people.
The duration of Are We Civilized? is 1.17 hours.
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Well honey, the Romans influenced the Germans by introducing them to advanced military tactics, architecture, and urban planning. They also brought along their fancy language and culture, leaving a lasting impact on those Germanic tribes. So, you could say the Romans basically upgraded the Germans from barbarians to a more civilized bunch.
The ancient Romans did not exactly write the first biographies, but they certainly improved them. Throughout the civilized parts of the ancient world it was common for kings or leaders to have things written to honor them, but these were mostly listings of their deeds. The Romans actually wrote about the men themselves, such as Nepos in his Life of Atticus, Suetonius in his twelve Caesars and Plutarch in his Parallel Lives.