The Romans didn't actually invent those things - as I said in another post, they were very good at taking things from other cultures, giving them a makeover, and pretending they'd invented them.
Lmao, what a heap of bullsh*t, yes Rome was greatly inspired by Greece and partially Babylon in many inventions but they invented numerous things society views as a standart nowadays.
And my ancestors may have taken the heads of their enemies, but abominations like the Circus are far worse.
Our ancestors, from the 5th century onward Europe was a melting pot of ethnicities. Gladiator games weren't actually invented by the Romans, they'd been tradition in Italy for centuries before Rome was even founded. Greece had similar games and contrary to popular belief, not all gladiators were slaves, any citizen of Rome could enlist in a gladiator arena, as you could make good cash with that job.
Infanticide? The Romans abandoned babies on rubbish heaps, and passed a law to say that no baby abandoned like that could be rescued by a well-meaning passerby.
Exaggerated, but is was very common in many cultures at the time.
Literature, law, hygiene, science, craftsmanship, architecture, trade, finances, engineering and art[/size][/background]? Greece had those. Egypt had those, so did Babylon, all earlier than Rome, the Great Thief.
Thief? Uhm no, if you think that, you don't know what a thief is. Roman law had very little to do with Greece and Rome revolutionalized hygiene (hospitals, aqueducts, sewers, baths etc) moreso than other cultures. You're answering Roman feats of trade, finances, art, science craftsmanship and architecture with so and so
had those haha? Rome was very different in all of those regards from any of the cultures you listed, yes they took
inspiration from Greece and later Egypt but that only goes to show how culturally open they were to incorporate non-Roman elements into their, craftsmanship.
However you are missing the point entirely. Yes, Greece was on many levels very accomplished and so were Babylon and Egypt but did they spread their inventions across the world? No, that was Rome, which is why Rome was so pivotal to the history of the world.
Not just that, but Romes inffluence and connections were the reason for first contact and trade with far away countries like China, Sudan, Ethiopia and India. Rome brought silk, ivory, pepper, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, papyrus, sandal wood and other things to Europe that otherwise didn't reach Europe until many, many centuries later.
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