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=Learning and Literature= Romans borrowed a lot of their philosophy from the Greeks. Stoicism, the philosophy of the Greek teacher Zeno, was especially influential. Stoicisn encouraged virtue, duty, moderation, and endurance. In literature the Romans found insperation in the works their Greek neighbors. Always following Greek forms and models, Roman writers made up their own themes and ideas. The poet Virgil spent ten years writing most of the famous work of Latin Literature.