The first way in which Romans adopted and adapted Greek culture was by borrowing from their religion. Romans adopted Greek deities, gods and goddesses, and gave them Roman names. Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of war became known as Venus. Zeus, the king of Greek gods, became Jupiter, the king of Roman gods. Ares, the Greek god of war, became the god of Mars, and was believed to lead Roman armies to victory.…
As you most likely know, the Romans worshiped Latinized forms of the Greek divine beings. The Carthaginians worshiped Phoenician divine beings, which begun in the Middle East. Tragically, I don't know much past that with respect to religion, so I can't be of further help…
While the Romans were still building their empire, Greece had already established an influence due to the victories of Alexander the Great (or if he was so great after all). The Romans I feel did not like the Greeks to much because of the different lifestyle. In our weekly readings we learned that the Greeks were very smart, artistic, and sophisticated. The Roman people were busy with agriculture, but eventually the Roman people started to adapt some of the ideas of the Greeks which had a big influence on the Roman Empire. As you mentioned the Romans copies the Greek gods and changed the names.…
Romans believed in many gods, each carrying a responsibility over a specific aspect in life. For example, if they wanted to win a war, they would perform a ritual to Mars, the god of war. PBS states, “The objective of Roman worship was to gain the blessing of the gods and thereby gain prosperity for themselves, their families and communities” (“Religion”). The Romans strongly believed that if they neglected to worship the gods, dreadful things would happen to them. Therefore, every thought and action revolved around religion.…
They believed that these Gods could be communicated with through priests and seers and that these Gods have the ability to exercise their will upon man at any given time. Roman culture took to this belief very strongly especially when it came to things like haruspex…
The Roman people took this concept and proceeded to use at their own. The Romans took the existing religion of the Greeks and made it their own. The Greek myths and gods remained the same, but they were given different names under the Roman religion. The Roman adapted the Greek style of clothing and even had the same named…
As Romans adapted they began growing into polytheism, (multiple gods) Such as gods and goddesses. Although they adopted the Greek gods and goddesses they changed their names to make them their own.…
The two chosen myths represented are the Greek and Egyptian creation myths. The Greek Creation myths is represented by the earth, and the sky as the earth Goddess, Gaia was created from the raging chaos that existed before the beginning of time. She gave birth to Uranus, the king of the sky. They became the first husband and wife. The underworld is represented because Gaia and Uranus bore many children, but they were monsters with 100 arms and one eyed creatures called Cyclops (University of Phoenix,,1995-2020).These monsters were like giants.…
The Romans believed that religion was more of a constitutional relationship between mankind, and the forces that were believed to control people’s existence and well-being. Due to the influence of Greek colonies in southern Italy, the Romans adopted some of the Greek gods into their religion. This adaptation resulted in these newly adopted Roman gods to have human…
Compare and contrast the great societies of Egypt, Greece and Rome. How are these cultures similar in relation to health? How are they different? What health practices are still being used today?…
The Romans religion practiced rituals in order to make their gods happy and stay on their good side. Within the Christianity faith all that was expected was for Christians to be baptized and to cleanse them of their sins and for them to confess their acceptance of God into their life. The Roman religion believed that if they were to have any misfortune or bad luck it was because they upset the gods. The Roman religion believed that they could not communicate with their gods and their gods were mythological figures. Within the Christianity faith Christians were able to talk to God through prayer and call on him whenever they needed help or guidance in life.…
When a person from the Indus civilization heard of the Mesopotamians' gods around 1200 BCE, they would have thought, "These are the great gods that they worship, but ours are better." They would have thought this because the Mesopotamian gods were more unpredictable than the Indus gods, as seen when Ea told Utnapishtim of the great flood: Man of Shuruppak, son of Ubar-Tutu, Tear down (this) house, build a ship! Give up possessions, seek thou life. Despise property and keep the soul alive (Mircea Eliade "From Primitives to Zen": Myths of the Flood).…
In Greek mythology they have many gods, they are polytheistic. The Greek gods are mainly based on the world and culture / moods and personalities of mortals. For example, Ares, god of war and Aphrodite, goddess of beauty, love, and lust. Ares is an example of a god based off of culture because war was a part of the Grecian culture. Whereas Aphrodite was a goddess based from mood and personalities because beauty, love, and lust was apart of the mortals mood and personality.…
The Greco-Roman pantheon and the Norse pantheon are extremely similar to one another with similar roles. From Thor to Jupiter to Odin to Hephaestus, the gods in the pantheons. The “trickster” archetype is common throughout both even though it has a more obvious presence in the Norse Pantheon. The honorable warrior and thunder lord archetypes are almost explicitly the same since honorable warriors were at the height of both societies. The main goddesses in both are also extremely similar in their status as queens and their sovereignty over love and intimacy.…
Introduction After the conquest of Italy, the growing appetite of Rome for conquest and its ambitions to go beyond the Italian Peninsula placed her in the colliding course with another foreign power, Carthage. Carthage, a former colony of Tyre, on the northern coast of Africa, and the center of a commercial empire. Both powers had already made progress in organizing their forces, governing systems and had turned their attention to extending the trading routes and taking control over more territories. The creativity of the leaders, and radical changes in the warfare and strategic planning pushed both powers to quickly adapt and transform the region to one of the biggest ancient battlefields. Discussion Carthage and Rome shared some similarities…