<P> Medicine in ancient Rome combined various techniques using different tools, methodology, and ingredients . Roman medicine was highly influenced by Greek medicine . Greek physicians including Dioscorides and Galen practiced medicine and recorded their discoveries in the Roman Empire . These two physicians had knowledge of hundreds of herbal, among other, medicines . </P> <P> Ancient Roman medicine was divided into specializations such as ophthalmology and urology . A variety of surgical procedures were carried out using many different instruments including forceps, scalpels and catheters . </P> <P> The Roman Empire was a complex and vigorous combination of Greek and Roman cultural elements forged through centuries of contact . Later Latin authors, notably Cato and Pliny, believed in a specifically Roman type of healing based on herbs, chants, prayers and charms easily available to any head of household . Greek medicine was introduced into Italy with the establishment and development of military and political contacts between the two regions . But it was not until the introduction of the healing god Asclepius in 291 BC and the arrival of the Greek doctor Archagathus in 219 BC that foreign medicine was publicly accepted in Rome . </P>

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