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> it's unquestionably a part of the western world 'Western' means west of... Greece. So Rome, which is west of Greece, was when civilisation moved west and whe
by chrisseaton 5y ago
> it's unquestionably a part of the western world
'Western' means west of... Greece. So Rome, which is west of Greece, was when civilisation moved west and when western civilisation began.
- jhgb 5y agoSure, within Europe, and especially from the perspective of the Great Schism, Greece is eastern. From the global perspective, not so much. I have yet to meet a person who'd argue that the region with Greco-Roman cultural heritage somehow excludes Greece, of all places.