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The Culture of Ancient Rome Architecture Column of Trajan(图拉真凯旋柱) 38m/2500 relief character/ spiral stairs inside Marcus Aurelius(马可.奥勒留) Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome 1. 罗马圆形斗兽场（Colosseum） 2. 圆顶罗马万神殿 (Pantheon) 3. 四通八达的罗马公路(Roman Roads) 4.卡拉卡拉皇帝的温泉浴场(Great Bath) 5.神奇的图拉真水道(Trajan Aqueduct) 6.宏伟的图拉真广场(Trajan Square) 7.王者的大竞技场(Roman Amphitheater)  The Greco-Roman culture has had a tremendous influence on Western Civilization, an influence well recognized by those living in the 19th century. The reason why Poe came up with those two names. As to the quote itself The glory that was Greece refers to the many important contributions that the Greeks made to Western philosophy, science and art (among other things). They were “the first”. Their achievements were new and original. “The grandeur that was Rome” refers to the sheer size and scale of Rome, and the Roman world in general. Think of the aqueducts, the enormous bathhouses, the lavishly decorated Forum Romanum, the Colosseum. The mighty emperors dressed in purple and gold lording over most of the Mediterranean from their stunning palace on the Palatine. The Romans did however build on a massive scale, they meant to impress, and they ruled over a large empire for a long time. Latin Literature Cicero(西塞罗) a noted orator, statesman, philosopher, and essayist Killed by Antony The great epic: the Aeneid《埃涅阿斯纪》 Aeneas/Dido: The founder and queen of Carthage, who fell in love with Aeneas and killed herself when he abandoned her. Lucretius(卢克莱修): poet and philosopher His only known work is the epic philosophical poem On the Nature of Things《物性论》 attempts to explain the universe in scientific terms Pliny(普林尼) Pliny the Elder(又称老普林尼): naturalist(博物学家)/ encyclopaedia figure Nature History 《博物志》 Differences between Romans and Greeks The Romans were particularly interested in power, and much less interested in balance than the Greeks. The Romans built up a vast empire: the Greeks didn’t, except for the b