HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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It was open only to men in an elite society.
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It was not allowed in peasant communities.
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It changed from Catholicism to Orthodox Christianity.
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It included many gods adapted from the Greeks.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Roman Empire was a primarily polytheistic civilization, which meant that people recognized and worshiped multiple gods and goddesses. Despite the presence of monotheistic religions within the empire, such as Judaism and early Christianity, Romans honored multiple deities.
Detailed explanation-2: -The ancient Romans changed some of the Greek myths to better reflect Roman beliefs. They changed some of the Greek gods’ personalities to better reflect the Roman way of life. This did not happen overnight. In Roman mythology, for example, Jupiter rarely, if ever, came down to earth.
Detailed explanation-3: -One of the most obvious aspects of the Greek culture that the Romans appropriated was their religion, adopting and renaming many of the Hellenic gods and keeping the many myths surrounding them. Along with this, the Romans adopted Greek architectural and artistic styling.
Detailed explanation-4: -Early Roman religion As different cultures settled in what would later become Italy, each brought their own gods and forms of worship. This made the religion of ancient Rome polytheistic, in that they worshipped many gods. They also worshipped spirits.