CHAPTER XXIX The Roman Empire in Relation to Culture THE Roman Empire affected the history of culture in various more or less separate ways. First: there is the direct effect of Rome on Hellenistic thought. This is not very important or profound. Second: the effect of Greece and the East on the western half of the empire. This was profound and lasting, since it included the Christian religion. Third: the importance of the long Roman peace in diffusing culture and in accustoming men to the idea of .a single civilization associated with a single government. Fourth: the transmission of
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