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Which civilization came first greek or roman?
The Greek civilization came before the Roman.
How did the Greek influence Romans writing?
The Latin alphabet was derived from the western Greek alphabet. The Greeks established colonies (settlements) in Southern Italy and Sicily in the 8th and 7th century BC. Being a more advanced civilisation, the Greeks had a big impact on the Italic peoples they interacted with. One of the results of this was the adoption and adaptation of the western Greek alphabet to create written languages by the Italics. This included the Etruscan and the Latin alphabet. The late 3rd century BC saw the beginning of the development of early Latin literature and Latin epic, tragedy, comedy and satire. The early Latin poets wrote Latin adaptations of Greek tragedy and comedy or based their work on the Greek styles and themes of these genres. The first play in Rome was held in 230 BC and was by Lucius Livius Andronicus, who was a Greek from the Greek city of Tarentum, in southern Italy, who was captured when the Romans seized that city. He became an educator for a noble Roman family and translated the Odyssey and other Greek works into Latin. He then wrote tragedies and comedies (the latter in the Greek New Comedy style and the characters were in Greek costume). The other great poets of early Latin literature followed his template.
What are the roman achievements in literature?
it is derivative of the greekstherefore of lesser staturevirgil is no homerit made greater achievementsin history than in poetrylivy and tacitus very respectedto this dayhorace much less sothe first novelsin the modern sensewere writtenin latinthe golden ***there is an artificialityand ill-at-ease qualityto latin dramathat betrays the factthat it was imitativeof the greeks
Why were the Romans not necessarily original thinkers?
The Romans adopted the philosophy, sports, medicine, siege machines, and cranes of the Greeks. Latin literature first developed by using Greek models of drama and comedy. However, this does not mean that they were not original thinkers. They developed what they adopted their own way and did develop their own ideas. Moreover, Roman architecture and engineering, and the ideas behind them, were the most advanced ones in antiquity.
How did french come around?
French is a Romance language that came about after Rome invaded Gaul and forced its Latin language in its administration. It evolved first in the Northern part of France, from a mix of vulgar Latin and a few other influences such as Frankish, a German language, Gaulish, a Celtic language, and Old Norman. Old French was first part of the "langues d'oïl" (languages of the North), as opposed to the "langues d'oc" (languages of the South, such as Occitan and Provençal). The French spoken in Paris eventually propagated to the whole country under the reign of the French kings.
