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Greece
Greece is a country made up of many islands. It has a rich history filled with gods, goddesses, wars, tragedies, romances, and some of the best myths of all time. Questions in this section can include things about current or ancient Greece.
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How did Parthenon get its name?
Means virgin apartments, in honor of virgin.goddess athena. The apartments where used to place virgin girls as part of a.ceremoney to worship athena
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What country is bigger Greece or Rome?
Rome is a city in Italy so Greece is bigger. However, if you mean which country has more area, Greece or Italy, the answer is that Greece has 131,957 square miles, and Italy has 116,304 square miles -- so, Greece is still bigger, but only slightly.
Were the Olympian games of ancient Greece a festival in honor of the gods?
actually they were held to keep mrn and boys fit and ready for war. but they dedicated them to zeus, well the men did. the women dedicated theirs to hera.
When did rome conquer Greece and how did it happen?
The Romans annexed mainland Greece in 176 BC. This was the result of Rome having fought a war in Greece and, after this, having been drawn into further wars between Greek states to support Greek allies. Given the volatile situation between Greek states, Rome decided to take over.
Greece was not a unified country. It was divided into various states, such as the kingdom of Macedon, the kingdom of Epirus, two alliances between city-states (the Aetolian League (which was formed to counter Macedon's power) and the Achaean League (which was formed to counter Sparta's power) and other city-states, such as Athens and Sparta. The island of Rhodes was an important state and had territories on the nearby Turkish coast. There were other Greek states in the eastern Mediterranean, the kingdom of Pergamon in western Turkey, the Seleucid Empire, centred on Syria, and the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.
During the Second Punic War the Romans fought the First Macedonian War (214 to 205 BC) against Macedon (the biggest and most powerful state in Greece) because their king, Philip V, allied with Hannibal who was invading Italy and because he wanted to take over Illyrian territories (in Albania) which were under Rome's sphere of influence. The Aetolian league and Pergamon allied with Rome and fought alongside her.
Rome then got involved in more wars in Greece to fight with her allies during conflicts between Greek states.
A Second Macedonian War (200-197 BC) broke out because Rhodes, an island near Turkey, and Pergamon (a Greek kingdom in western Turkey) asked Rome for help against Macedon. Phillip IV attacked land that belonged to the (Greek) king of Egypt south of Pergamon and close to Rhodes. Rhodes and Pergamon asked Rome for help. The Romans sent ambassadors to investigate who found little support for a war against Philip in Greece. However, Athens declared war on Greece and Macedon sent an invading force. The Roman ambassador urged Philip V to leave the Greek states alone and gave an ultimatum. Philip ignored this. Rome declared war and won. The Aetolian league, Athens, Pergamon and Rhodes fought with Rome.
In the 190s BC a stand-off developed between the two great powers of the Mediterranean, Rome and the Seleucid Empire (a Greek state centred on Syria) of Antiochus III. It was caused by the latter's expansion into western Turkey (and attacked Greek cities in this area) and Thrace, (next door to Greece). A Greek city in north-western Turkey asked Rome for help. This led to a stand-off. Then the Aetolian League (which had fought with Rome) turned against Rome and called for all Greeks to rebel against the Romans and for Antiochus III to attack Greece. Antiochus landed in Greece, expecting many Greek states to ally with him. However, only the king of Athamania (in central Greece) joined the Seleucids and the Aetolians. Boeotia and Epirus made an alliance but did not join the war and remained neutral. Instead, the Achaean League and Macedon joined the fight on the side of Rome. In this war, the Roman-Syrian War (192-188 BC) the allies of the Romans were: the Achaean League, Macedon, Pergamon and Rhodes
The Third Macedonian War (171-168 BC) was caused by the policies of the new king of Macedon, Perseus. He increased the size of his army and made alliances with the kingdom of Epirus (on the coast next to Italy) some Illyrian tribes (in an area which was in Rome's sphere of influence) and Thracian tribes hostile to Rome's allies in that area. Pergamon accused Perseus of violating an existing treaty. Rome declared war, won and divided Macedon into four puppet republics with restrictions of political and trade contracts, destroyed some cities and villages, gave some land to Roman veterans and enslaved 300,000 Macedonians. Pergamon fought with Rome again.
The Fourth Macedonian War (150 to 148 BC) was caused by a revolt in Macedon. Rome annexed Macedon. In 146 BC the Achaean League rebelled and Rome annexed the whole of mainland Greece, which became the Roman provinces of Achaea and Epirus. Pergamon continued to be an ally of Rome until its last king, Attalus III, who died without male issue, bequeathed his kingdom to Rome in 133 BC.
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How does clothing Men and women clothing today differ from that of Ancient Greece?
The clothing of today is just about cloths but clothing of Ancient Greece was about cloths as well as jewel and mainly gold or diamonds were used in their cloths but in the cloths of today this quality is lack.
Famous impossible problem from greek antiquity?
There are three famous Greek problems of antiquity. They are the trisection of the general angle, the doubling of a cube and the squaring of a circle.
What was the scope of Ancient Greece under Alexander the great?
Alexander the Macedon was a king of Macedon, the largest and most powerful state in mainland Greece. On his accession to the throne of Macedon he was given the generalship of the whole of Greece. He used this power to pursue the plans of military conquest of his father, Phillip II of Macedon. He conquered the Achaemenid Empire, the second pre-Islamic empire of the Persians. This empire formed a strip across western and central Asia from the western shores of Turkey to the river Indus. This covered present day Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan west of the River Indus and Tajikistan. It also covered the Middle East north of modern Saudi Arabia: Mesopotamia (Iraq) Phoenicia (Lebanon) and Palestine. It also included Egypt, which the Persians had conquered.
Alexander died without a successor when he was only 33, soon after his conquests. Alexander's empire was put under the regency of Perdiccas in 323 BC and was partitioned among Alexander's generals at the Partition of Babylon in 323 BC. Four wars among the generals which spanned for 21 years followed. The outcome was the formation of what have been called the Hellenistic statesthough which Greek dynasties ruled the areas conquered by Alexander the Great. These were:
· The Seleucid Empire which was ruled by the Seleucid dynasty founded by Seleucus I Nicator who founded the Seleucid dynasty. It covered Pakistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Azerbaijan Armenia and part of eastern Turkey.
· The Ptolemaic Kingdom ruled by the Ptolemaic dynasty founded by Ptolemy I Sote. It covered Egypt, eastern Libya (Cyrenaica) Palestine, Cyprus and an area around the south-eastern coast of Turkey.
· The Kingdom of Lysimachus which covered northern Turkey, western Turkey, part of central Turkey and Thrace (north-eastern Greece and eastern Bulgaria).
· The Kingdom of Macedon continued to be the dominant state in mainland Greece.
The Kingdom of Lysimachus disintegrated and the Kingdom of Pergamon, in western Turkey and part of central Turkey was created by Attalus I the founder the Attalid dynasty.
After the fall of the Kingdom of Lysimachus, Persian aristocrats founded two states, the Kingdom of Pontus, in north-eastern Turkey and the Kingdom of Cappadocia in central Turkey. In north-western Turkey the Kingdom of Bithynia was established by Nicomedes I. This was a state ruled by the original inhabitants of the area.
They were ruled by one powerful individual
Which us city has same latitude as Athens Greece?
Here are a few of the ones within 0.1 of a degree (about 7 miles):
California: Cascade Creek, Stockton, Sonora
Nevada: Mina, Tonopah, Davis Creek
Utah: Lund, Boulder, Moab
Colorado: Telluride, Pueblo, La Junta
Kansas: Garden City, Cimarron, Hutchinson
Missouri: Wheatland, Richland, Rolla
Illinois: Chester, Percy, Benton
Indiana: Mt. Vernon, Evansville, Newburgh
Kentucky: Lewisport, Lexington, Winchester
West Virginia: Harts, Danville, White Sulphur Springs
Virginia: Charlottesville, Louisa, Warsaw
Maryland: Chrisfield, Marion Station
Something Greece is known for?
Ancient Temples such as the Parthenon and the ancient wonder of the world, the statue of Zeus.
What was Aesculpius a Greek god of?
Asclepius was a greek hero, and later became the greek god of medicine and healing. He was the son of Apollo and Coronis.
Who had more land Ancient Rome or Ancient Greece?
Ancient Rome developed the second largest empire antiquity was. It included Greece.
NO. As of 9 January 2016, Greece is a member of the European Union and still uses the euro.
What is the letter 'c' in Ancient Greek?
Depends on what type of c.
C as in cylinder is Sigma.
C as in cat is Kappa.
C as in chorus is Chi.
There isn't much difference between Chi and Kappa.
How did the geography effected Greece?
The geography of ancient Greece effected it in many ways. The mountains made it so that the city-states were isolated and the seas did so also.
