Esoteric Roman v. Greek Ranting (was Philosophers)

[SelfishGene]

Heh.

You vastly underestimate the construction prowess of the Romans - they were civic engineers on a scale the Greeks could only dream of.

And the Greeks were never able to set aside their love of fratricadal or civic conflicts even in the face of a conquering enemy, and it's no coincidence the "great" Byzantine military Emperors were not Greeks but Anatolians and Armenians. .