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Greek influence. Roman literature owes a debt to the Greeks, more specifically Athens. This indebtedness to Greece was even recognized by the writers themselves. Horace, one of the poets of the Golden Age of Roman literature wrote that Greece introduced the arts "into a backward Latium."
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What other influences about writing did the Romans take from the Greeks? They both carved important messages into bronze or stone plaques. They were then displayed in public squares. The Romans also carved inscriptions into columns.