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after the shattering of Alexander's empire and the decline of the city-state, greek philosophy, arts and science never truly recovered to the great heights during the time of Socrates and Plato, and it would take about 1700 years for the west to truly explore the concepts raised there in a meaningful way, during OTL's renaissance.

however, only about 200 years after the end of the greek classical period, a new power came to dominate the area - the roman republic was wealthy, powerful, and very interested in greek culture (more specifically, the parts which they could exploit).
could this roman domination reignite the spark of art and learning in greece, and perhaps spread it to italy as well? what would be the ramifications of major advancments in science and philosophy (especially political philosophy) during the late republic, and perhaps early empire?
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