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Blog #46 May 8, 2019

1. Greco-Roman culture was the mixing of the elements of Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman culture produced a new culture. Pompeii is where the best paintings are found in Rome. Virgil spent ten years  writing the most famous work of Latin literature. Tacitus was a roman historian who is notable among ancient historians. Aqueducts were designed by Roman engineers to bring water into cities.

5. The Latin started the language called the Romance languages which were the French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian adopting Latin into three languages.

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