| Characteristic | Rome or Greece |
| Built best road system until modern times | |
| Code of Laws/12 Tablets | |
| Columns/Pillars | |
| Promoted Chrisitianity | |
| Began tradition of recording history | |
| Drama was introduced | |
| Philosophers Aristole, Socrates, & Plato | |
| Republic System of Government | |
| Philosophy of Stoicism, Epicurranism, Cynicism, and Skepticism | |
| Giant Domes/Coliseums | |
| Introduced the Olympics | |
| Built best road system until modern times | |
| Code of Laws/12 Tablets | |
| Columns/Pillars | |
| Promoted Chrisitianity | |
| Began tradition of recording history | |
| Drama was introduced | |
| Philosophers Aristole, Socrates, & Plato | |
| Republic System of Government | |
| Philosophy of Stoicism, Epicurranism, Cynicism, and Skepticism | |
| Giant Domes/Coliseums | |
| Introduced the Olympics | |