The Romans hated the Greeks.
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After ancient Greece, the Roman Empire came to power and became the dominant civilization in the Mediterranean region.
They used the Greek culture.
Greek philosophy spread after being conquered by the Romans, and then the Romans spread the "improved" Greek ideas around their territory. Sometimes Roman philosophers agreed with the Greeks thoughts, and sometimes they highly disagreed.
The Roman were inspired by the Greek in all areas of culture.
In short, No. Roman culture was heavily inspired by Greek culture and Emperors such as Hadrian tried heavily to integrate Greek culture into Roman culture.
ancient Greek and roman culture
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The ancient Greek culture became part of Roman culture. Romans admired the philosophy, poetry, and the prose of the ancient Greeks. The architecture in Athens for example had an influence on Roman architecture. Greek tutors even as slaves were teachers of the aristocratic Romans. The early Roman army used the Greek phalanx for a time. Most upper class Romans could speak Greek as well as Latin.
Greek culture was passed to the Romans by the Greeks themselves. This is hardly surprising.
The language of the ancient Romans was Latin. Greek was also spoken by the educated classes.
Ancient Greek and Roman cultures and texts
Hercules was from the culture of the Romans. His Greek name was Heracles. The legend of Hercules originates from the myth of Heracles, an ancient Greek myth. Hercules is his Roman name, in the Roman adaptation of the original Greek tale.
Greek culture changed when the Romans took over the country. The Romans began to push their own culture on the Greeks.
The language of the ancient Romans was Latin. The educated Romans also spoke Greek.
After ancient Greece, the Roman Empire came to power and became the dominant civilization in the Mediterranean region.
The Romans were so influenced by Greek culture because many who immigrated to Italy were Greek and so brought their religion and culture to Italy and developed it mixed with the previous settlers. A classic example/myth of this is the story of Romulus and Remus.