What did Ancient Romans think of Ancient Greeks?

The Ancient Romans had a highly favourable view of Greek culture and its influence, not to mention of course that Roman pagan religion was based on its Greek predecessor, with the pantheon of gods consisting of the same characters but with different names (Zeus, the Greek father of the gods, was 'Jupiter' in Roman religion for example, and occupied the same position). read more

In the words of my antiquities professor, 'the Romans felt the Germans were bigger, the Gauls were braver, the Spaniards were stronger, and the Greeks were smarter, but no one had the cultural sense of law and order the Romans did'. read more

The Romans seemed to have a love/hate relationship with Greece. On the one hand, they admired the knowledge and artistic skills of the Greeks and they. read more