Roman culture was greatly influenced by two of Rome's neighbors, the Etruscans and the Greeks. The Romans borrowed many ideas and skills from these two groups, beginning with the Etruscans. The Etruscans had dominated Etruria, a land just north of Rome. They built some city-states and conquered others.
Much of Greek culture in the Eastern Mediterranean with its highly refined literature and learning was brought to Rome in the aftermath of military victories. When Roman aristocrats encountered Greeks in southern Italy and in the East in the 3rd century, they learned to speak and write in Greek.
The correct answer is Michael Faraday. Specifically, he invented the electric dynamo, which was later developed further into the power generators we know today.
