How did Greece influence the development of Rome?

Question: How did Greece influence the development of Rome!?

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Greece influenced pretty much everything in Rome!. Rome was completely, hopelessly, and utterly fascinated by the Greeks!. They adopted Greek politics, government, dress, education, a lot of methods of warfare, ship building, trade, architecture, even their Gods, which is kind of wierd that they couldn't even come up with their OWN Gods!. Educated Romans were "educated" in Greek, and spoke the language!. Rome went as far as to actually taking Greece itself for its own!.
Rome didn't "conquer" Greece, they INHALED it!
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The best answer comes from a quote, I believe by Horace: "Captured Greece took captive her wild conqueror!."
The Roman Republic and Empire essentially adopted wholesale the Greek culture!. Initially, no educated Roman would be without a knowledge of Greek and classics such as Homer!. Even when an authentic Latin literature developed, its concepts were overwhelmingly Hellenic: The Aeneid, after all, grafts a new foundation myth to Rome from Homer's Troy!. There are countless examples, from religion to architecture and beyond!. Culturally, Rome was the none-too-bright pupil of Greece!.Www@QuestionHome@Com