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How Did Rome Influence Greek Culture

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Ancient Greek history has played a vital role in cultures throughout time. From its neighbors in Europe to all the way across the Atlantic, ancient Greece has influenced many nations. From United States to Canada to Mexico, the influence of Greece can still be seen today. While the influence of ancient Greece is grand, there was one place that was so enamored by the Greek way of life, that they seemingly adopted it as its own. The culture of ancient Rome so closely mirrors that of ancient Greek society that it is not uncommon to mix the two up. Since the Roman Empire did not flourish until after the Greek downfall, it is known that the Romans were directly influenced by the Greeks. Assimilation Of Greek cultural traditions created a bizarre situation, in which Rome was culturally Greek, but it was culturally unique, as it still retained influences from early Italians. While it is obvious that the Romans were influenced by the Greeks, one may wonder when this cultural assimilation of Greek culture began. The Roman conquest of Greece was a period in time where The Romans and the Greeks were at war and how eventually Greece became one of the first provinces of the emerging Roman Empire.
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The first are the Pyrrhic Wars and the second are the Macedonian Wars. Tarentum was the greatest city in Italy after Rome and in the late 280's the Romans decided to install garrisons in several Greek cities. "The citizens of Tarentum regarded this as an imperialist move: the garrisons would be followed by a more permanent Roman presence and accelerated Romanization (Waterfield 12)." In an effort to placate the anxious Tarentines a Roman envoy delivered a speech in Greek, to which the Tarentines decided to mock his mishaps. With the knowledge that they would not succeed in defeating the Romans on their own, they had to search for assistance

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