Rome: The world's greatest civilization or the most barbaric?

Many renown Rome as one the of worlds greatest, most advanced civilizations of the ancient world. However, I don't think that they deserve all the credit that they get. It's easy to see Rome's accomplishments, but if you dig a little deeper, it's also easy to see that Romans borrowed many things from the Greeks: many of their cultural achievements can be traced back to that civilization. For example, they copied Greek architechture. Not only this, but I think that the Romans were rather savage. After all, commoners spent their extra time at Bread & Circuses, finding entertainment in men fighting to the death against animals and other humans. The wealthier also enjoyed this, with no value for human life. They treated gladiators (slaves and/or prisoners) worse than what philosopher Aristotle believed slaves should be treated as: "living pieces of property". When commoners weren't enjoying public murders, they were working. But what about the wealthy? They were probably gorging themselves. Many rich Romans loved to eat. With tables full of food, they and their friends would recline on couches and eat.....and eat......and eat until they threw up. If they didn't, they would make themselves vomit so that there would be room in their stomach for more food, which they would, glutonously, continue to eat. This cycle would continue for as long as food was still on the table. For these reasons, I think that the Romans were rather disgusting and I don't like them, or their civilization, much at all. They may have had high cultural acheivemnts, especially during their Golden Age, but that was also when their inhumane habits flourished. Therefore, I view Rome as more barabaric than great.