FACTS ABOUT ANCIENT GREECE

1. Classical Greek culture, which flourished during the 5th to 4th centuries Bc, had a powerful influence on the Roman Empire and provided the foundation of modern Western culture.
   
2. Ancient Greek democracy, the world's first, lasted for only 185 years.
3. Between 40% and 80% of the population of Classical Athens were slaves.
4. At its economic height, in the 5th and 4th centuries BC, Ancient Greece was the most
   
   advanced economy in the world.
5. The Ancient Greeks exercised naked.  
   
6. Ancient Greece's boys went to school at the age of 7 if they lived in Athens, or went to the barracks if they lived in Sparta.
   
7. In Ancient Greece, a crucial part of a wealthy teenager's education was a mentorship with an elder, which in a few places and times may have included pederastic love.
8. The word "school" comes from the ancient Greek for "free time."
9. In ancient Greek, the word "idiot" meant anyone who wasn't a politician.
10. The discoveries of Greek mathematicians such as Pythagoras, Euclid, and Archimedes, are still used in mathematical teaching today.
11. In ancient Greece, throwing an apple at someone was done to declare one's love.
    
12. The word "Dinosaur" comes from the ancient Greek and means "terrible lizard".
13. Ancient Greeks and Romans often bought slaves with salt.
14. there was no word as religion in ancient Greece
15. The theory that the Sun is the center around which the planets orbit was first proposed by the ancient Greek Aristarchus of Samos in the 3rd century BC.
    
16. Ancient Romans were a very bath-loving people. They typically frequented public baths once a day.
17. the word music comes from the muses; goddess of arts in Greek methodology
18. Spartan men were not allowed to live with their families until they left their active military service at age 30.