For instance, they absorbed the divinities and rituals of the Greeks, Egyptians and several other societies to supplement their own pantheon.
For instance, they absorbed the divinities and rituals of the Greeks, Egyptians and several other societies to supplement their own pantheon. They also collected and systematized knowledge from throughout the Mediterranean world and wrote the earliest surviving encyclopedias. In fact, Pliny the Elder’s Naturalis Historia claimed to compile 20,000 facts from various cultures and cover all ancient knowledge about natural history, art and architecture.