Ep 42: All Roads Lead to Greece; It's All Greek to Me

We think of the greatness of the Greek civilization and then the greatness of Rome.  But almost everything that Rome did was an attempted copy of Greece.  All roads may lead to Rome, but in Rome, all roads lead to Greece.The free peoples of Greece, in their small, geographically-isolated, independent city-states, were incubators of the fundamentals of Western thought.  While Rome first conquered Greece, Greece then conquered Rome culturally.  The Romans loved Greek culture: the theatre, the music, the language, the government, the science, the technology.  Rome just took what Greece wrought and carried it further West.  The glory of Rome is only the glory of Greece writ large.  The development of the West started with the Greeks but their advancements were put on hold by the heavy hand of Rome.  The Western growth started by Greece was stilted by Rome, only to flourish once again when Rome fell and the innovative power of free people was unleased again.Zach and Rafe discuss the greatness of Greece and the influence it had on future civilizations. *****As always, you can reach the Buf at [email protected]*****As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running this podcast.  As such, some of you have asked how you can help out.  Well, here's the answer: support us on Buy Me a Coffee:https://buymeacoffee.com/bufnagleOn this page, you can do a really nice thing like send us a couple dollars to help cover the cost of recording and hosting and microphones and research and all that.  Any little bit really helps!  Thank you in advance!!!