The Romans admired Greek art and architecture. Most Romans have Greek like statues in their home. Greek statues were made to be perfect. The Romans created concrete which is a mix of ash, lime,and water. A poet named Horace wrote satires which are fun at human weakness, He also wrote odes which expressed strong emotions about life. Like the Greeks Romans recorded their events of the civilization. Also like the Greeks they like plays that were based on Greek tradgities and comidies. Livy greatly admired the deeds of early Romans, and he believed that history had important moral lessons to teach people. The poet Catulus wrote peoms about love, sadness, and Denvey. Latin became the basis of many modern Europe languages. Galen a scientist brought many medical ideas to Rome and studied anatomy.