independently-developed

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There is as little trace of any immediate imitation of oriental models as there is of an independently-developed form of art. The Italians may have bought from the Phoenician; they learned only from the Greek.

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

There is as little trace of any immediate imitation of oriental models as there is of an independently-developed form of art. The Italians may have bought from the Phoenician; they learned only from the Greek.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book I : The Period Anterior to the Abolition of the Monarchy