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Answer 1

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Answer 2

Rome, for about five hundred years, was a republic, while Greece was a limited democracy. The difference is this: Roman government was representative and provincial, while Greek government was direct and local. So Roman citizens (citizenship was not only broader in Rome, but also guaranteed more rights) elected officials who would then represent them among other officials and Greek citizens would all serve in government as single voters. Later, Rome adopted the "office" of emperor ("imperator", or general). The Greeks only ever had kings, and were for the most part divided into separate city-states. That is, until Alexander the Great's father Phillip conquered and united the peninsula.

They were both militaristic in general, but Rome made this into a virtue (derived from "vir," the Latin word for man). Whereas a Greek citizen-soldier supplied himself in times of war, a Roman citizen was supplied by the state. Service in the Roman army also guaranteed citizenship and a reward of land to farm on. Greece was also much more naval-oriented, given the geography. Rome, in contrast, was much more concerned with land.
Their methods of attack were markedly different. A classic Greek formation was the phalanx, a block of heavily armored men carrying long spears and interlocking shields. Roman troops, in comparison, merely carried a short sword, a long shield and two spears. However, the Roman army had the benefit of the large, well-trained cavalry that the mountainous Greek landscape forbid.

Culture is something of an oddity. Rome annexed Greece, and in doing so adopted many Greek traditions and ideas. But the differences do come through. For example, Romans loved two things above all else: gladiatorial games and, even more so, chariot racing. Political factions actually arose out of the "teams" which managed the races (the "Circus Parties"). Greece, on the other hand, had the Olympics and its games: wrestling, racing, discus, javelin, etc.