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Rome was in the middle of the Italian peninsula and thus in the middle of the struggle between Greek and Etrsucans also, Etruscans occupied Rome and thus the romans came to hate the Etruscans. The romans also, for a variety of reasons, came to love the greeks, as we all know.

What if it had been the greeks who occupied Rome and the romans had come to hate the greeks instead? Assuming Rome still rises to become the empire we know it was, but instead of the widespread love of greek culture, there is a hatred on the same level the Romans felt against the Etruscans. The Romans don't need to idealize the Etruscan society however.

Would there be a higher degree of Latinization in Greece and the Balkans? Would Romanian-esque languages be more common there? How would this affect modern european views on Greek culture, philosophy etc.
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