The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 AD . Greek Culture—Alongside these evil features therewas some compensation in a new inflow of Greek like Flamininus and the Scipios absorbed much of thebest spirit of Greek thought; and there was a general admira-tion for Greek art and literature. For a long time to come,however, this did not make Rome herself productive in art orliterature. Greek became the fashionable language; Greekmarbles and pictures were carried off from Greek cities toadorn Roman palaces. But Rome, in this period, producedfew great sculptors or painters, and
The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 AD . Greek Culture—Alongside these evil features therewas some compensation in a new inflow of Greek like Flamininus and the Scipios absorbed much of thebest spirit of Greek thought; and there was a general admira-tion for Greek art and literature. For a long time to come,however, this did not make Rome herself productive in art orliterature. Greek became the fashionable language; Greekmarbles and pictures were carried off from Greek cities toadorn Roman palaces. But Rome, in this period, producedfew great sculptors or painters, and such books as appearedwere mainly the work of Greek adventurers (§ 624). §488] DECLINE OF THE YEOMANRY 407 488. Continued Decline of the Yeomanry— The rift betweenrich and poor went on widening after the great wars were soon had its hungry masses of unemployed laborers inthe city and its land question in the country. Those of the yeomanry who had survived the ruin of war(§ 480) were fast squeezed off the land by economic conditions. Remains of a Court of a Private Residence at Pompeii. {House of the Vettii.) resulting from Romes conquests. The nobles, who could notinvest their riches in trade, secured vast landed estates in theprovinces out of confiscated lands sold by the state or by cheappurchase from the ruined natives. From such large farms inSicily and in the African grain provinces they suppliedItalian cities with grain cheaper than the Italian farmer couldraise it on his less fertile soil. The large landlord in Italyturned to cattle grazing or sheep raising or to wine and oilculture. The small farmer had no such escape; for theseforms of industry called for large tracts and slave labor. For 408 THE LATER ROMAN REPUBLIC [§489 grazing, or often simply for pleasure resorts, the new capital-ists and the nobility wanted even vaster domains. So theybought out the near-by small farmers. 489. Force and Fraud by the Rich. — The decreased profits ingrain raisi
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