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To this Hellenic course there was added the study of medicine, which was retained from the older Roman instruction, and lastly that of architecture indispensable to the genteel Roman of this period, who instead of cultivatingthe ground built houses and villas. Greek Instruction Alexandrinism

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book V : The Establishment of the Military Monarchy

To this Hellenic course there was added the study of medicine, which was retained from the older Roman instruction, and lastly that of architecture indispensable to the genteel Roman of this period, who instead of cultivatingthe ground built houses and villas. Greek Instruction Alexandrinism

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)