Your favorite ancient civilization

**Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas** · 03-07-2017, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by Guindé

Ancient Germans

Germanic tribes are cool but by no means an ancient civilization.

**Lux Aeterna** · 03-07-2017, 04:57 PM

Romans and Ancient Greece.

**MinervaItalica** · 03-07-2017, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by Guindé

Ancient Germans

lol

**Desperado** · 03-07-2017, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by Viriato

Germanic tribes are cool but by no means an ancient civilization.

they were ancient, they were a civilization... your post makes no sense

**MinervaItalica** · 03-07-2017, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by Desperado

they were a civilization...

looool

**Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas** · 03-07-2017, 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by Desperado

they were ancient, they were a civilization... your post makes no sense

I think you need to learn the concept of civilization otherwise according to you every single tribe that ever existed used to be a civilization.

**Desperado** · 03-07-2017, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by Viriato

I think you need to learn the concept of civilization otherwise according to you every single tribe that ever existed used to be a civilization.

I think *you* need to learn the concept of civilization: the stage of cultural development at which writing and the keeping of written records is attained.

**Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas** · 03-07-2017, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by Desperado

I think *you* need to learn the concept of civilization: the stage of cultural development at which writing and the keeping of written records is attained.

Lol, that's one of the most simplistic definitions of civilization that I have ever heard. Suits someone that thinks Germanic tribes were a civilization.
Civilization: an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached.

**Dandelion** · 03-07-2017, 05:48 PM

Either Greece or Rome I guess.

**Dandelion** · 03-07-2017, 05:50 PM

Originally Posted by Viriato

Lol, that's one of the most simplistic definitions of civilization that I have ever heard. Suits someone that thinks Germanic tribes were a civilization.
Civilization: an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached.

Germanics were smarter than you think, even back then.

As you can see, Germanics were practical. I'm sure Early Republican Romans would conclude they had more in common with Germanics than with late Romans, because of the focus on practicality. Simplicity was one Roman virtue.