The Legacy of Ancient Greece and Rome

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The Legacy of Ancient Greece and Rome
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TIMELINE 2000 BCE Greece ruled by a monarchy
-a government controlled by a single
ruler (king or
queen) 683 BCE Greece ruled by an aristocracy
-state ruled by a hereditary noble
class 600 BCE Greece established democracy
-the rule of the people -a
government controlled by citizens
-Citizen an adult male resident with
certain rights, responsibilities and
privileges.
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GREEK LEADER ROLE IN DEVELOPING DEMOCRACY
SOLON Created 4 classes of citizenship based on wealth rather than heredity. Outlawed slavery based on debt and canceled farmers debt. Established a fairer code of law. Allowed citizens to bring charges against wrongdoers. Athens was still a limited democracy
CLEISTHENES Increased the power of the assembly while decreasing the power of the nobility. Allowed all citizens to submit laws. Created a council made up of members chosen at random. Founder of democracy in Athens.
PERICLES The Golden Age of Greece Strengthened democracy by -increasing the number of paid officials . -paying jurors. Transformed Greece into a direct democracy.
PHILOSOPHERS SOCRATES, PLATO, ARISTOTLE Lovers of wisdom Used logic and reason to investigate the universe. Promoted natural laws- patterns of the world discovered through reason and intelligence
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• Rome borrowed and adapted Greeces form of
  government.
• Like Greece
• Separate branches of government including a
  senate
• Unlike Greece
• Rome was a republic-a government in which the
  citizens have the right to elect officials who
  make government decisions.
• Rome was an indirect democracy

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ROMAN LAW
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What is the legacy of ancient Greece and
Rome? Can you name any institutions or
governments that follow the Greek or Roman forms
of government? Can you name any written laws?
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