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The Romans did not really "copy" anything from anybody. They rather "incorporated" ideas from some other cultures. In the case of the Greeks, they studied the Athenian form of government (democracy) then adapted it to Roman needs. They also gave in to world custom and used the Greek language for diplomatic use. In their architecture they used the Greek columns as well as the their own.

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