How was Rome's geography different than that of Greece?

Answer 1

Both the Romans and the Greeks shared the Mediterranean but were separated by time, rather than geographical borders.

You see the Roman Empire (30 B.C. to 1450 A.D.) encircled the entire Mediterranean Sea (including modern day Greece). The empire stretched from Britain to Spain, the North shores of Africa to Egypt, from modern day Iran to Turkey, and across most of modern day Western Europe.

The Greek Empire (400 B.C. - 120 B.C.) was rather small until King Alexander of Macedon (Alexander the great) spread the kingdom from the Greek mainland and Egypt east across the Persian Empire.

However, the Geography of Italy varies greatly from that of Greece. Italy is, for the most part landlocked. As a peninsula it has much water frontage but the mainland cities are mostly inland. Greece is much more spread across vast archipelagos and has been known to be rocky. Each country has its share of mountains, cliffs, hills, and fertile soils.

Answer 2

Comparing geography- Italy is a long peninsula with Rome centrally located near the west coast, while Greece is a collection of coasts, mountains and islands. Communication down the Italian peninsula was by land coastal routes along which the Romans later built roads, whereas in Greece much communication was by sea, although there was a land route down the eastern side of the Greek peninsula.

Below are links to maps, one of ancient Greece, and one of ancient Rome, with Italy and the Roman Empire, which links to a number of other useful and/or pretty maps.

Answer 3

One's a City and the other's a Country. Dead easy.

Answer 4

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