WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The Romans adopted and expanded upon Greek architecture. They used ancient Greek architectural styles while introducing new materials, such as concrete. Greek was the common language of Hellenistic Empire. The majority of the lands conquered by the Romans spoke Greek.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Romans assimilated earlier Greek science for their own purposes, evaluating and then accepting or rejecting that which was most useful, much as they did in other fields such as warfare, art, and theatre. This assimilation of Greek thought began in the 2nd century BCE, and ideas often came with their practitioners.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Romans gained from the Greek influence in other areas: trade, banking, administration, art, literature, philosophy and earth science. In the last century BC it was a must for every rich young man to study in Athens or Rhodes and perfect their knowledge of rhetoric at the large schools of philosophy.