. A short history of art . s: the Romans were conquerors and con-structors. Greek culture spread over the whole world; butRoman conquest, Roman laws, and Roman civilisation pavedthe way for it. The gods of Rome were not idealised men and women as inGreece: they were the rulers of human affairs, and the pro-totypes of human virtues. Their will was not ascertainedthrough the ambiguous utterances of oracles: it was adecisive yes or no, revealed by signs in the heavens,and interpreted by augural science. Whatever the Greeks borrowed became thoroughly incor-porated in the body of Greek life. The Ro
. A short history of art . s: the Romans were conquerors and con-structors. Greek culture spread over the whole world; butRoman conquest, Roman laws, and Roman civilisation pavedthe way for it. The gods of Rome were not idealised men and women as inGreece: they were the rulers of human affairs, and the pro-totypes of human virtues. Their will was not ascertainedthrough the ambiguous utterances of oracles: it was adecisive yes or no, revealed by signs in the heavens,and interpreted by augural science. Whatever the Greeks borrowed became thoroughly incor-porated in the body of Greek life. The Romans had thewisdom to appropriate what was good in the institutions ofthe nations they conquered; but, while they made it theirown in one sense, it never lost its original character, so thatRoman laws, Roman religion, and Roman life form, as itwere, a long and splendid triumphal procession, bearingspoils from the nations that one by one acknowledged thepower of Roman arms, and sought the privileges of Romancitizenship. 104. BASE OF TROJANS COLUMNNote the lintel of tl;e door.
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