The Roman Empire conquered vast territories including Greece, blending Greek culture with Roman culture to form Greco-Roman classical civilization. Rome adopted Greek artistic and literary forms like sculpture, mosaics, painting, philosophy, and epic literature but adapted them to reflect Roman ideals of strength, permanence, and solidity. Roman contributions such as its system of law, architecture using arches and concrete, and Latin-derived languages have had an enduring global influence even after the fall of Rome.