Why didn't the Romans adopt the Greek language or alphabet?

Greek was the lingua franca of Rome and Roman families usually employed a Greek to tutor their children. read more

So the Romans didn't have a big incentive to use the language for trade or diplomacy -- their immediate neighbors and rivals spoke a language very similar to their own. By contrast he spread of Greek in the Middle East happened during the long period when Greek states dominated the area. read more

Greek alphabet was adopted by many people when Greek political and spiritual influence of Greek-speaking people was at its height. That said for example we can say that two of the most commonly used alphabet derive from Greek alphabet (that does not include them nowadays in the people using Greek alphabet though) as Latin and Cyrillic alphabet. read more