Had there been no Greeks to copy their government, religion, and culture from,...?

Question

How do you think the Roman empire would have developed differently?

Answer 1

The Roman government would have continued along a line of two magistrates. Two consuls, two praetors, two tribunes, etc. The religion would have remained the same. Jupiter, king of the gods, Juno, Mars, Venus, etc. The culture might have been actually enriched by the learning more of Latin and the loss of Greek. Vergil (Virgil?) came from the Italian city of Mantua. Latin was LSL (Latin as a second language LOL) to him. So culture would have been invigorated, reinvigorated when Vergil wrote. Actually, there is a poet Claudian, who wrote in the 4th Century. He was an Egyptian, and Latin was a learned language for him.

The Roman empire would have developed as follows: First, the conquest of Italy. Second, the conquest of Carthage in north Africa. But if there is no Greece, what does one have? What is there in that space?

Answer 2

It probably would have stayed the same as Troy, since Aeneas was supposed to have founded it and came from Troy. Same religion, government type, language, culture.

Answer 3

They could've fallen back on common sense, however, that's looked down on so it's understandable.

Answer 4

"Greeks" heritage is only Egyptian, Phoenician etc. inventions.