Did the Greeks or the Romans have a greater influence on Western culture?

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muinghan

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Absolutely the Greeks.

The Romans were absolutely in love with the Greeks and everything Greek.
They took everything from the Greeks and made it their own, including their Gods, they simply renamed them.
Even though Latins had their own well developed language they used Greek as their written language.

Almost everything Rome was, came from the Greeks .... their architecture, their language, the political system, their Gods, their politics, their art, their dramas and plays, their empire, etc.

It was a strange love affair.
 
well i dunno for a fact, but i'd say probably Romans coz not only did they invent new stuff, architecture n literature & all those other -atures, they refined what they learnt [ok, what they basically stole] from the Greeks. Romans came off as more... acquisitive, to me, they thought they knew what was best for the world and damnit they'd crusade if they had to.... sorry no specifics :( add: you can borrow em from the girl above me though....
 
Absolutely the Greeks.

The Romans were absolutely in love with the Greeks and everything Greek.
They took everything from the Greeks and made it their own, including their Gods, they simply renamed them.
Even though Latins had their own well developed language they used Greek as their written language.

Almost everything Rome was, came from the Greeks .... their architecture, their language, the political system, their Gods, their politics, their art, their dramas and plays, their empire, etc.

It was a strange love affair.
 
Both were very influential. If we chose just one, however, which do you believe would have the most rule over the modern West, and why? Detailed answers would be really frickin amazing, too. xP
 
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