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What was the language of the Romans and why?
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How did Romans learn about Greek culture?
You could say that the Romans learned about Greek culture by absorption. There were many Greek colonies in southern Italy including Sicily where the Romans had contact. They also gained possession of these colonies by conquest, just as they gained possession of mainland Greece itself.
Did the Romans rejected the greek culture they encountered?
The Romans were deeply influenced by the Greeks. They adopted some of their gods and many of their myths and linked their gods to the Greek ones. They also adopted the Greek architectural styles for temples and porticoes. Their statues were modelled on those of the Greeks. Hence the term Greco-Roman art. They adopted Geek sports and the Greek gymnasium and Greek medicine. They adopted Greek siege machines and cranes. They greatly improved these cranes and the balista (a catapult). Early Roman tragedy was based on the work of Greek tragedians The Romans elites looked up to the Greeks. They received an education in both Latin and Greek and the pinnacle of their education was a stay in Greece to study Greek philosphy
How do greek and roman civilization differ from other early European civilization in how they governed?
The Romans and Greeks were both civilize all the other nations were barbaric losers except for the Egyptians. The Ancient Romans were first a republic and they were the first nation to be a republic. Athens (a Greek city state) was a democracy. Sparta (a other Greek city state) was a monarchy.
How accurate was horace's comment that ''greecehas conquered her rude conqueror?
Horace was referring to the great cultural influence which the Greeks had on the Romans. The Romans adopted some Greek gods and linked their gods to the Greek ones, adopted Greek myths, sculpture, medicine, philosophy, sports and siege machines. Latin literature started with translations of Greek epics, tragedies and comedies and their plays were originally modelled on Greek ones.
What are the writings of early Greek and Romans?
greek and latin obviously
Did early Greek writing have no spaces or punctuation?
Early Greek, including the works of Homer, the early Greek philosophers, and all of the writings of Early Christianity, were written as continuous strings of letters, with no spaces and no punctuation. This was the case for all languages of the Mediterranean world in antiquity.
How did early Romans come into contact with greek civilztion?
by adding it to apart of their empire in 44b.c.
Who was the Greek general who fought the Romans in southern Italy during the early republic?
Phyruss
What influenece did the Greeks have on the Romans?
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.
What was London originally called?
Londinium. Romans arrived 43CE
Who did the Romans get most of their ideas from?
A major source of ideas was the Greeks. The Romans were deeply influenced by them. Greek influence started early on in the history of the Romans as the Greeks established settlements in southern Italy and Sicily. In these early days, the Romans adopted some Greek gods and myths and the book of the Sibylline of Cumae, who were Greek oracles in Cumae, a Greek city near Naples. When the Romans conquered the Greek city of Tarentum in southern Italy, a Greek educator moved to Rome and established the model for education in Rome. Studying Greek became part of the education of elite men, who became fluent in this language and used it often. In this period the Romans also adopted Greek drama and comedy for theatre plays. This laid the foundations for the development of Latin literature. When the Romans got in contact with mainland Greece, Greek influenced increased further. They adopted Greek sports and Greek medicine. They also adopted and adapted Greek Hellenistic sculpture. The two main Greek schools of philosophy, Stoicism and Epicureanism became popular among the Roman elite. The Romans were influenced by Greek astronomy and astrology. They also adopted Greek siege machines for warfare and developed them to a more sophisticated level.
What did the early Greeks call humans?
Early (anciant) Greek called humans mortals
Who rule the Phoenicians?
For most of their early history the Phoenicians were independent. Then they came under the Seleucid Empire, a Greek state and then the Romans.
What do you call early Christian writings?
The Writings of the Church Fathers.
Which religion traces its sacred writings to early Aryan poets who wrote hymns called Vedas?
Hinduism.
Who ruled over the Phoenicians?
For most of their early history the Phoenicians were independent. Then they came under the Seleucid Empire, a Greek state and then the Romans.
