The Romans: The Gods And Greek Gods

Did you know that the Greek gods and the Roman gods are quite similar. The purpose of Mythology was to help explain everyday things like weather, death, love, etc. With Mythology there had to be gods that ruled and controlled those events. The Greeks developed their gods that were said to live on Mt. Olympus. The Romans also developed gods, whose name has have been incorporated into a lot of things, such as the names of the planets. Although the Romans developed gods, they took a significant amount of cultural and spiritual concepts from the Greeks. They took some of the Greek god’s attributes, such as names, what they are god of, etc. Some of the gods that have similarities are Zeus and Jupiter; Poseidon and Neptune; and Hades and

In both Greek and Roman civilizations, mythology played an important part in their empire’s success. Both of these civilizations were polytheistic religions. Likewise, they had major and minor gods and goddesses as part of their religion as well. However, since the Roman Empire conquered many cultures including the Greeks, their gods blended with many similarities with the gods that the Ancient Greeks worshipped.

The Greek and Roman religions were the two major religions that were established in the ancient world. Greek religion was the first to be recognized and instituted, followed by the Roman religion. Many people believed that the Romans mimicked the Greek religion; however this was a common misconception, even though they appeared to be the same there are many distinctions between the Romans and the Greeks. Even the similarities between the two religions had slight distinctions, like their gods, they had similar functions but some of their gods were completely unique to one culture (Ferguson 154). Roman religion also had different concepts like religio, ideas about afterlife and gods that emphasis on household religion. The Romans integrated certain aspects of Greek religion into their own practices, they also maintained their own ideas which made it unique and separated the Romans from the Greeks.

It has been known that the Romans and the Greeks have had many interactions with each other, whether it would be due to trading or just plain traveling, the stories of their myths have crossed each other in one way or another. This is may be the reason why there are many similarities between Greek and Roman Mythology. Even though a Greek god or goddess may have a different name in Roman Mythology they still performed similar tasks and were worshiped for similar reasons. I will compare and contrast Greek gods with their Roman equivalences to see how similar they truly are to each other. Probably the most famous Greek god, Zeus, was the god of all gods. Born to Cronus and Rhea, he was the ruler of the sky, and had

Ancient Roman religion was quite similar to ancient Greek religion. The Romans worshiped the Dii Consentes, the twelve main gods including Jupiter, Juno, Minerva,

The Romans heard the myths of the Greeks. They loved the stories so much that they took these stories and changed the names of the Gods and made them Roman gods. The Romans had their own religious beliefs. They just added the Greek gods to them. But they didn't copy the Greek gods exactly.

There were many gods Romans believed in, and they had one for everything. Whenever something went wrong the Romans blamed the people for not worshiping the gods. Romans later found out that people worshiped other gods, and they had fought really well in war, so they decided to adopt those gods, too. Romans had fancy temples for their gods, and everyday people brought meat for them. They even had special days for each god; where they did different festivals.

Romans used buildings as one of the main places for worship. When Romans wished to worship the gods, they went to the temple. The biggest temple belonged to Jupiter, the king of both the gods and of the sky. However, other temples were dedicated to other gods and goddesses, such as Mars, Neptune, and Minerva. Furthermore all the gods and goddess shared the Pantheon.

The all mighty King of the Sky, Jupiter, his fierce wife, Juno, and Romulus and Remus, creators of Rome, these 4 are just a few of Ancient Rome's Gods and Goddesses. The Ancient Roman religion in known for consisting of their many Gods and Goddesses. Ancient Roman religion is often now seen only as Roman Mythology and taught as legends, but it did begin as a religion. It went through changes as time went by, and eventually, Rome changed to a whole new religion, Christianity. Rome went from being animists and believing in polytheism, to becoming a part of the Christianity, a monotheistic religion.

It is a common misconception that Roman and Greek mythology is the same thing, but with different names. This starts in the origin of Roman mythology. When the Romans took over the Greeks they allowed them to keep their beliefs and customs. These beliefs spread to the Romans that lived nearby. When the Romans learned about these gods, they became the main gods of Rome with different names and personalities. (Ancient Civilizations through the Renaissance, p.332) However, in reality, the gods and the way they are worshipped are very different. One key area of the mythologies where this is evident is with the war gods Athena, Minerva, Ares, and Mars. Although they share many similarities, they are very different.

Books, movies, poems, plays, and stories have all been made about the Greek Gods. These things weren’t made just for entertainment, this was the ancient Greece religion. There were twelve of these Gods and Goddesses and they were all in charge of something. The people of Greece probably came up with this religion because of it being so long ago, they didn’t have the knowledge that we have now, they came up with this to explain the things that they couldn’t explain. For example storms, they believed that every time that there was a storm that it meant that Zeus, God of the skies, was upset or angry. Tsunamis, was when they believed Poseidon, the God of the seas, was angry. However, all Gods and Goddesses were not all tied to nature. They even

Ancient mythologies have frequently been confused, especially between Greek and Roman mythology. According to an article named ‘Greek Gods vs. Roman Gods’, Greek mythology is a collection of stories or myths of their gods, heroes, and the natural world, while the Romans had their gods revolve around the city of Ancient Rome. In other words, Greek and Roman mythology mostly have the same Gods, just with different names. The Greek gods are rather well known but Roman gods are easy to remember due to being named by planets. Many of the gods from Roman mythology are borrowed or influenced from Greek mythology.

The Greek gods were overlooking everything and people made sacrifices to make sure their essentials were working. "The gods were everywhere and in all things” (Britannica). In Greece, all that mattered to the people was that their essentials were nice and secured so they did whatever to make the gods, they were praying to, happy. "Piety consisted mainly in giving the gods what they wanted” (Britannica). Greece is one of the most influential civilizations in the world with a rich history of unique cultures such as how they treated their gods, their beauty standards, their social lives and how the end of the Olympians concluded up to modern Greece.

The Romans mainly worshipped the god Apollo as the god of healing and prophecy (Phillips, “Apollo”). The Roman Apollo was never as important as he was in Greece, causing him not to be introduced to Roman mythology until much later than many of the other gods (Berens 124).

The Romans were polytheistic. The Roman religion believed in many gods. They had similar beliefs to the Greek gods, but also big differences. The Roman mythology was to consist of twelve to thirteen main gods. Each of the gods has a function in the life of an everyday Roman that would require some sort of worshipping. The