Description Dominance Of Greco-Roman Culture
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Greco-Roman Culture came to dominate the Mediterranean world because in principle it was superior to all other cultures. The Greeks demonstrated great genius for philosophy and art while the Romans mastered law and order. Behind their superior cultures, was the essence the people themselves. Th ....
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.... that, if we were
on friendly terms with you, our subjects would regard
that as a sign of weakness in us, whereas your
hatred is evidence of our power...(Our subjects think)
that those who still preserve their independence do
so because they are strong, and that if we fail to
attack them it is because we are afraid.
The Athenian people were not directly threatened by the Melians and therefore had no practical reason to attack them. Their primary motivation was, obviously, to assert t ....
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