Board Thread:The Heroes of Olympus/@comment-1636709-20180322172435/@comment-31481772-20180323133757

Magic713 wrote: I do think Riordan kinda rushed the whole Roman camp part in HoO. Ideally, it might've been better if he created an independent series featuring Camp Jupiter, and give his readers more content to get to know Camp Jupiter, its characters, and its society. And he put emphasis on the idea that Romans and Greeks have an inborn antagonism towards one another, but in the end, their conflict was only ignited by an outside force, rather than inward resentments.

I think his plan was to show differences in Greeks and Romans, since people can clump them together as Greco-Roman. So for example, Greek stories and society really put emphasis on the individual (the hero), while the Romans favor the society as a whole (soldiers). To add, Greeks represent "yin" or the "feminine" side, stressing beauty, creativity and freedom. Romans represent "yang" or the "masculine" side, stressing truth, duty and honor.