03/09/2026
Young bro is taking all the credits 🇮🇹
THEATRE 🎭
The Roman’s adopted the Greek tradition of large open air theatres for drama and public performances, then systematically adapted the form to roman tastes and architectural life.
FASHION/MILITARY STYLE 🪖
Greek styles including the Corinthian helmet tradition influenced roman military equipment and visual culture. Rome adapted Greek and Hellenistic forms incorporating them into roman designs and styles of their own.
PHILOSOPHY 🧠
Greek philosophy became deeply influential in roman intellectual life. Stoicism, founded by the Greek philosopher Zeno of Citium, was adopted and developed by roman thinkers including Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius.
LITERATURE 📖
In this example both epics feature a hero: Odysseus and Aeneas, whose voyage is disrupted by a hostile deity’s storm, putting the entire expedition at risk of destruction. Virgil’s Aeneid deliberately echoes and reworks Homeric material and the storm is one of the clearest examples of this imitatio..
But who do you really think did it better? 👀
