Of course, not everyone in Rome was enthusiastic about the penetration of foreign customs into society. Part of the nobility looked with apprehension at the passion for Greek culture and education, seeing this as a serious threat to Roman prowess. So, for example, the largest political figure of the beginning of the II century. BC, Mark Porcius Cato, being himself, by the way, of non-Roman origin, with surprising tenacity pursued representatives of the nobility who were fond of Greek culture and arranged their life according to a foreign model. But no protective measures could return the Romans to the customs of their fathers, because the reason for the "corruption of morals" were profound changes in the economic, social and political life of Roman society.
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