» In modern Olympic and amateur wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling is a particular style and variation. The Greco-Roman period of history refers to the culture of the peoples who were incorporated into the Roman Republic and Roman Empire. Greco-Roman Culture In the schools of art, philosophy and rhetoric, the foundations of education were transmitted throughout the lands of Greek and Roman rule. Within its educated class, spanning all of the "Greco-Roman" era, the testimony of literary borrowings… (More on Greco-roman)