文学自从问世之日起,就一直作为人类文化创造活动的一部分而存在,在一定的历史文化土壤上产生,受周围文化环境制约和相关文化门类的影响而发展。在人类对象化的文化创造活动中,以其特定文化功能的发挥,标示自身的存在与价值。各个民族,各个时代的文学都是如此,罗马文学也不例外。论及罗马文学,人们已惯于将它附属于古希腊文学之后,把它们视作同一的古典文学共同体来看待。当然,我们并不否认二者因种种原因而表现出文学形态的相似以及在涵括的文化意蕴上的某种一致性,然而,罗马文学毕竟是在罗马文化土壤上生成的独特文化 Since the advent of literature, literature has been present as part of human cultural activities, produced on a certain historical and cultural soil, and developed under the influence of the surrounding cultural environment and related cultural categories. In the process of humanistic cultural creation, its existence and value are marked by its specific cultural functions. This is true of all nationalities and literatures of all ages, and Roman literature is no exception. With regard to Roman literature, people have become accustomed to attaching it to ancient Greek literature and treating them as the same classical literary community. Of course, we do not deny that the two show similarities in literary forms for various reasons and some consistency in the connotations of cultural connotations. However, Roman literature is, after all, a unique culture that is generated on the soil of Roman culture