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About ancient Greece and Rome
Ancient Greece is located in southern Europe and northeastern Mediterranean, including the southern Balkans, the west coast of Asia Minor and many small islands in the Aegean Sea.

Ancient Rome usually refers to from BC? 10? At the beginning of the century, the civilization that rose in the middle of the Italian peninsula experienced the Roman monarchy and the Roman Republic. 1? Around the first century A.D., it expanded into a huge Roman empire spanning Europe, Asia and Africa. Arrive? 395? In 1620, the Roman Empire was divided into two parts: the east and the west.

The Roman Empire perished in? 476? A few years. Eastern Roman Empire? (? Byzantine Empire? )? Become a feudal country? 1453? It was destroyed by the Ottoman Empire in 1920.

After the Roman Empire ruled Greece, the Olympic Games were still held at first, but Olympia was not the only venue. For example, in the 175 Olympic Games in 80 BC, Rome's economic laws called for excellent athletes to compete in Rome, while Olympia only held junior competitions. At this time, professional athletes began to appear in large numbers, and the Olympic Games became a competition for professional athletes, and the Greeks lost interest in it. After the 2nd century AD, Christianity ruled the whole of Europe, including Greece, advocating asceticism, advocating the separation of soul and body, and opposing sports, which made Europe in a dark age, and the Olympic Games even declined until it existed in name only. In 393 AD, the Roman emperor Theodosius I declared Christianity as the state religion, and thought that the ancient Olympic Games were against the purpose of Christianity and were pagan activities. The following year, he announced the abolition of the ancient Olympic Games. In 395 AD, the Byzantines and Goethe fought fiercely on the Alphonse River, destroying all the facilities in Olympia. In 426 AD, Theodosius II burned the architectural remains of Olympia. Two strong earthquakes occurred in 522 and 5 1 1 year, which completely destroyed Olympia. Since then? /kloc-The ancient Olympic Games in 0/000 no longer exists, and the bustling Olympia is in ruins.

Ancient Greece is the open source of western history, especially after the Greek-Persian war, economic life was highly prosperous, resulting in splendid Greek culture, which had a far-reaching impact on later generations. The ancient Greeks had profound attainments in philosophy, history, architecture, literature, drama, sculpture and many other aspects. After the destruction of ancient Greece, this cultural heritage was destructively continued by the ancient Romans, thus becoming the spiritual source of the whole western civilization. There are also books and works of the same name.