HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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Greek gods were given Roman names, and the Romans believed they controlled all parts of Roman life. They offered food at family altars.
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The Roman gods were just Roman emperors and the Romans went to temples to worship them.
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The Romans did not practice religion; they adopted Greek philosophy and practiced those beliefs instead.
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The Roman gods were the same as the Greek gods.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Roman religion involved cult worship. Approval from the gods did not depend on a person’s behavior, but on accurate observance of religious rituals. Each god needed an image – usually a statue or relief in stone or bronze – and an altar or temple at which to offer prayers and sacrifices.
Detailed explanation-2: -Summary. The religions of both the ancient Greeks and Romans were polytheistic (with many gods), but centered on a finite and homogenous group of deities who were worshipped through prayer, animal sacrifice, and festivals.
Detailed explanation-3: -Due to the presence of Greek colonies on the Lower Peninsula, the Romans adopted many of the Greek gods as their own. Religion and myth became one. Under this Greek influence, the Roman gods became more anthropomorphic – with the human characteristics of jealousy, love, hate, etc.
Detailed explanation-4: -So, Greek and Roman religions are similar, because both of them are polytheistic religions. ‘Polytheism is belief in, or worship of, multiple gods or divinities’. There were more than thirty gods in each of these cultures. Furthermore, Greeks and Romans had almost the same gods, despite differences in their names.