What is the contribution of the ancient Greeks and Romans to world culture?

What is the contribution of the ancient Greeks and Romans to world culture? What are the monuments of Ancient Greece and Rome known to you?

The ancient Romans and Greeks made a huge contribution to world culture.
Romans:
– the knowledge of the Romans in jurisprudence is still used, Roman law has become a model and formed the basis of the code and documents of our time.
– amazing architecture, the Romans considered it a matter of honor to build elegant buildings.
– The Romans were the first to learn how to build roads, bridges and built a water supply system.
– improved medicine after the Greeks, did plastic surgery, were the first to use anesthesia.

Greeks:
– identified the concept of a citizen, which presupposes the existence of duties and rights, and also highlighted the concept of freedom.
– left behind a rich mythology that influenced literature.
– created a large number of literary genres – tragedy, drama, comedy.
– became the founders of the theater.

Famous monuments of Rome and Greece: Colosseum, Parthenon, Acropolis, statues of Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Plotinus, Lucretius, Cicero



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