Difference Between Roman Immaid And Aeneid

Julius Caesar observed that the Romans “preferred to imitate, rather than envy.”

Romans formed a mix of Greek and Roman culture often called Greco-Roman culture.

The Romans borrowed heavily from the Greeks when it came to religion.

Roman deities were adopted from Greek origin such has the Greek god Zeus (king of Gods) who the Romans named Jupiter.

Romans derived the ancient epic Aeneid which they wrote to rival works of Homer (a Greek epic writer) the Iliad and Odyssey.

Romans admired Greek sculptures of idealized human form.

Roman copied Greek statues and created their own sculptures celebrating Roman accomplishments.

They made the Pantheon dedicated to the Olympian Gods such as the Parthenon dedicated to Greek god Athena.

The Romans
modeled their plays and theater after the Greeks.

The Romanians developed how to build arches from the Etruscans.

Mostly of what the Romans discovered, especially from Greeks, they adapted it to their own need.

They gained a physician and philosopher named Galen who was born in Greece.