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Which group of people bridged the gap between Greek and Roman cultures?
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∙ 14y ago
Bridge the gap is an awkward wording. I guess you are referring to the absorption of aspects of Greek culture by the Romans. No group was responsible for this. Greek religion influenced Roman religion and individuals were responsible for Greek influence on the culture of the Roman elites.
Greek influence on the Romans, the Latins and other Italic peoples started very early in their history. This was because the Greeks established colonies (settlements) in southern Italy and Sicily between the 8th and 7th centuries B.C. Being a more advanced civilisation, these Greeks had an impact on all the Italic peoples they came in contact with. For example, starting with the Etruscans, the Italic peoples adopted and adapted the western Greek alphabet to develop their written languages. Etruscan pottery reproduced the motifs of Greek pottery.
Already in the 6th century B.C., the Romans started using the books of the Sibylline of Cumae. The Sibyllines were Greek oracles, some of whom lived in Cumae, near Naples, only some 125 miles south of Rome. In the 5th century B.C. they adopted the twin gods Castor and Pollux, and Apollo and Asclepius. These were Greek gods. During the Second Punic War (218-202 BC) they 'imported' Cybele (whom they called Magna Mater, Great Mother) a Greek goddess because the books of the Sibyl oracles indicated that that with this Rome could defeat Carthage.
Greek influence on the Romans increased with the conquest of Tarentum (in the heel of Italy), which was the biggest Greek in mainland Italy. The first educators in Rome were Greeks from Tarentum. This led to the adoption of the Greek model for education in Rome. The children of the Roman rich received an education in both Latin and Greek and were fluent in Greek. The pinnacle of their education was a stay in Greece to study Greek philosophy.
Latin literature originally developed through translations or imitations of Greek epics, tragedies and comedies. This, by consequence, also led to Roman theatre being modelled on Greek theatre. The First poet of Latin literature was Livius Andronicus, a Greek from southern Italy who was taken to Rome as a prisoner of war in 272 BC. He translated Homer's Odyssey into Saturninian, an old type of Latin verse. The first Latin dramatist, Gnaeus Naevius, adapted Greek tragedies and comedies. The three great dramatists of early Latin literature were Italians who were not Latins. Ennius and Pavicius were Oscans and Accius was Umbrian. Ennius used a prose style based on that of some Greek writers. Pavicius wrote plays based on Greek subjects. The works of Accius were imitations or translation of Greek plays. Early Latin writers of Latin comedy, including Plautus and Terence, modelled their comedies on Greek a Greek style called New Comedy.
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∙ 9y ago
Hellenistic Greeks, who lived during the Hellenistic period following the death of Alexander the great, played a significant role in bridging the gap between Greek and Roman cultures. They spread Greek language, philosophy, and arts throughout the Roman Empire, influencing Roman culture and paving the way for the eventual fusion of Greek and Roman traditions.
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With what cultures did people of the renaissance compare their cultures?
Ancient Greek and Rome.
Historicallythe European side of the Mediterranean was mostly influenced by?
greek and roman cultures
Which cultures inspired the renaissance?
Greek and Roman cultures
What happened instead of the Greek mix of cultures?
Instead of the cultures mixing Greek culture became the strongest culture
What term describe the mixing of Greek Hellenistic and Roman culture?
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What is the blend of greek and Roman cultures?
The blend of Greek and Roman cultures is referred to as Greco-Roman.
What is the Greek name for outsiders or uncivilized people?
The ancient Greeks used the word βάρβαρος (barbaros/barbarian) for uncivilized people. Actually they used it for all non-greek cultures.
What cultures did the byzantine empire?
Greek
Which two ancient civilizations profoundly influenced Western Culture?
The three ancient civilisations that most profoundly influenced modern Western culture would probably be Rome, which gave us its empire; Greece, which gave us its philosophy and ideals; and Judea, which gave us Christianity.
What cultures used oral tradition?
Greek cultures are well known for oral traditions.
How did new Greek colonies affect industry?
Greek cultures started to spreed
What people did the Romans copy?
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