**POLL** Greeks Vs Romans

[Corporate Thug]

which is the better civilization?

 

[PingSpike]

Gotta be romans. The greeks were a bunch of disorganized nutjobs. They were both pretty cool though.

 

[Spoooon]

If I had to choose between them in Civ II, I'd go with the Romans.

 

[DocZaius]

Romans. They were like Greeks++.

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Romans for sure.

 

[DrNoobie]

Romans. They developed on the greek phalanx, and had superior military structure.

 

[PCMarine]

The Romans, because the Romans pretty much built off of what the Greeks had already accomplished and they made their empire greater than Greece ever was.

 

[kyparrish]

Originally posted by: DocZaius
Romans. They were like Greeks++.

haha

 

[syzygy]

better civilization ?

civilization is defined as . . .

a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)

then the greeks far outdistance the petty (and barbaric) romans 'cause not only is most - if not all - of roman thought predicated
on greek philosophy, greek philosophy is western civilization, i mean all of western civilization. the italian renaissance, and by
consequence the french and northern european revitilization in art and learning, happened because byzantine embassies to
rome re-introduced ancient greek learning.

 

[FrogDog]

The Romans just copied everything the Greeks did. Greeks > Romans.

 

[FoBoT]

spartans were very cool and they were greek

so greek++

 

[Doggiedog]

Weren't the Greeks just independent city-states while the Roman were actually a single cohesive empire (well, at least til the end).

 

[DrNoobie]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
Weren't the Greeks just independent city-states while the Roman were actually a single cohesive empire (well, at least til the end).

They were united under Macedonian rule. King Phillip III headed the Delian League, and pretty much controlled all other Greek city-states. Phillip was the one who actually set the stage for Alexander's great expansionary campaign.

 

[gururu]

The Romans were far superior. The Greeks may have been smarter, but intelligence doesn't make a great government and strong military. Look at us!

 

[clamum]

Originally posted by: gururu
The Romans were far superior. The Greeks may have been smarter, but intelligence doesn't make a great government and strong military. Look at us!

Haha... maybe we'll meet the same fate as the Roman empire

 

[DaWhim]

every ideas from Greeks. Romans just use them.

 

[Doggiedog]

Originally posted by: DrNoobie

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
Weren't the Greeks just independent city-states while the Roman were actually a single cohesive empire (well, at least til the end).

They were united under Macedonian rule. King Phillip III headed the Delian League, and pretty much controlled all other Greek city-states. Phillip was the one who actually set the stage for Alexander's great expansionary campaign.

Thx. Gotta brush up on Greek Civ. Loved Roman Civ in college.

 

[upsciLLion]

The Greeks had many great mathematicians, so I'm going to say Greeks even though the Romans were pretty damn sweet.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: clamum

Originally posted by: gururu
The Romans were far superior. The Greeks may have been smarter, but intelligence doesn't make a great government and strong military. Look at us!

Haha... maybe we'll meet the same fate as the Roman empire

sacked by barbarians from the north?!? i knew i couldn't trust those canadians!

 

[Imdmn04]

the Chinese

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

The Romans went to Greece and took the Greek's culture back to Rome, they even stole there gods

Japan pulled the same stunt on China

 

[vi edit]

Zeus was way more of badass than Jupiter.

 

[Doggiedog]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Zeus was way more of badass than Jupiter.

Sorry. Zeus was whipped bigtime by Hera though.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Zeus was way more of badass than Jupiter.

Sorry. Zeus was whipped bigtime by Hera though.

Yeah, well at least Hera didn't share a name with a lousy ISP *cough* Juno *cough*

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: shady06
which is the better civilization?

What do you mean by "better"?