I don't know if early Republican Romans thought of Hellenes as "effete," but the later historiographers seem to attribute a certain degenerate tendencies in their "emperors" with Hellenic influence. But the Romans had a love-hate relationship with Hellenic culture, which the aristocracy seems to have enthusiastically adopted and integrated into their circle. It was common for the patricians to speak Greek dialect amongst themselves when conversing and use Latin to command their servants. An interestingly tragic circumstance, as the later Roman information system collapsed, the Westerners were limited to speaking only Latin, while the Easterners became essentially Hellenic, forever dividing Europe and Christianity to the West and the East.
Cow's milk is not the best avenue for calcium supplementation. Cow's milk can provide for calcium and proteins, but the degree to which the public is coerced into using cow's milk products is primarily due to the sinister milk conglomerate. Conspiracy theorists ramble on about the Illuminati but they never think to look inside their refrigerators and witness the true power of the milk masterminds. The milk conglomerates make the CIA look like child's play.