You may watch more documentaries on Ancient Greece at youtube.com/channel/UCvat6ZJaJzt0g8fQAmTC7ZQ/playl… youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmLlaNoL1WVtWGThfql8oFf… is a collection of interesting short videos pertaining to Greece youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmLlaNoL1WVvfW1PUGi65s1… is a collection of selected lectures on Ancient Greece Ancient Greece has been immensely influential on language, politics, educational systems, philosophy, science and the arts. Ancient Greek art and architecture still remain unsurpassed. The Greek language is by far the most diverse of languages and is being used to this day in the coinage of modern scientific and technical terms. Greek culture became the leitkultur of the Roman Empire, to the point of marginalizing native Italic traditions. As Horace put it Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit et artes intulit agresti Latio Captive Greece took captive her fierce conqueror and instilled her arts in rustic Latium Via the Roman Empire, Greek culture came to be foundational to Western culture in general. The Byzantine Empire inherited Greek culture directly, without Latin intermediation, and the preservation of Classical Greek learning in Medieval Byzantine tradition further exerted strong influence on the Slavs and later on the Islamic Golden Age and the Western European Renaissance. A modern revival of Classical Greek learning took place in the Neoclassicism movement (circa 1700 - 1900 AD) in Europe and the Americas. Ancient Greece refers to that period of Greek history which lasted until the end of Antiquity (circa 600 AD). Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine Era. Included in Ancient Greece is the period of Classical Greece which flourished during the fifth and fourth centuries BC. Classical Greece began with the repelling of the Persian invasions and is regarded as a standard for civilization. Following the conquests of Alexander the Great, Greek civilization flourished from Central Asia to the Mediterranean Sea.