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The Greek and Roman World by W.G. Hardy contrasts the cultures and lifestyles of the Romans and the Greeks. Beginning with a brief overview of how the Greeks came about, Hardy explains the archaeological findings of German Businessman Schliemann and Englishman, Sir Arthur Evens. He also goes onto explain how the Achaeans came about to become a ruling class and dominate Southern Greece. He then goes onto explain how the Achaeans conquered the Minoans of Crete and in turn became the dominant power of the Aegean Sea. Hardy’s then goes onto explain the lifestyles of the Greeks in the fifth century B.C. which obviously he finds very important because he spends two chapters upon this subject. He first explaining the landscape and how it is much the same and that over the past 2,500 hundred years practically nothing has changed. He also goes into the detail of the government and how it is pretty much a direct democracy. He explains the processes of the Council of 500 and the real governing bodies of the Athenians, the Assembly. To it belonged all Athenian males over the age of twenty. The Assembly would meet on the hill of Pynx nearly every ten days. When something was put to a vote, one must be present in order to take part