The Greek And Roman Religion

The Roman Religion was animistic in nature.They believed spirits inhabited everything around them including people.Romans emphasize Jupiter,Neptune who is god of the sea.Pluto who is god of the underworld.And Juno who is god of revenge.Romans worshipped gods by going to temples and making sacrifices of animals and precious things.Romans believed blood sacrifices were the best ways to communicate with gods.Animals like sheep were often sacrificed to their god

Despite all their similarities, The Greeks and Romans engaged in substantive culture differences. Their religions derived from a complex set of gods and goddesses, called deities, who were seen as regulating human life. Since the Romans embraced culture from the Greeks, many traditions were the same. However, the Greek and Roman culture, although similar, are very different and appealing. For instance, the Greeks did not acknowledge an all-powerful god; they believe that deities controlled everything that transpired on earth. In other words, the Greeks sought religious cults to explain the forces that shape the world (Bentley et al, 2008 p.143).

Deriving from Greek origin, many Roman religious beliefs and practices have been based off of known beliefs of the Greeks (Johnson 1). For example, Zeus, the God of the heavens, was renamed to Jupiter when the Romans adopted that belief. We see this happen with a numerous amount of beliefs and practices regarding the Greeks and Romans. Along with these shared beliefs of Gods, there are also practices that Romans performed in which they did every day. Romans took prior knowledge of another religion and made it their own. Thus, creating their own system of Roman religious beliefs and practices (Johnson 3).

The cultures of Rome and Greece celebrated philosophical and religious thinking in various forms. The Greek and Roman religions were polytheistic and included Gods that created natural phenomena. Both religions had a God of Gods who possessed ultimate power and ruled over various capricious Gods. They both included Gods of the hunt, metalworking, war, nature, the ocean and many other human activities and forces of nature. Many Greco-Roman aristocrats searched for meaning outside of religion with philosophy. Thinkers such as Aristotle and Cicero believed strongly in balance and modesty. The Stoics stressed discipline and bravery while Socrates encouraged thinking independently.

Roman mythology applies to the religious system, and origins of ancient Rome. These attributes are found through the art and literature that the Romans provide. Although, the Romans have supernatural elements they still proceeded to treat their traditional stories historically. The Romans focused on how a person contributes to the Roman community, and merely concentrate on politics and morality. Catholicism is one of the most common known religions. Catholicism focuses on the traditions, and values of the Christian churches. The two main things that differentiate Roman mythology, and modern day catholicism is their: beliefs and religion.

In Roman religion, it was crucial “to serve the gods and ensure goodwill” (The Roman Republic). The English word “Religion” comes from the Latin word “Religio” (Overview of Religion). Latin was the ancient language of Rome, but for the Roman’s the translation meant something very different from what we understand it as today. To the Romans, “Religio” translated to “ the fear of gods” (Overview of Religion). Romans invested much of their time serving the gods, performing rituals and sacrifices in honor of them. On the contrary, Greek religion did not prefer to execute rituals as much as the Romans. Greeks were more lenient when honoring the gods. They did not have a theological dogma: belief or principle. There was no specific way in which the religion was executed. The Greeks many gods had different purposes and works they performed. They relied more on the verbal spread of the religion rather than having a written form. Although different, both religions had forms of praising and honoring their gods. Greek and Roman religion have many differences and similarities that impacted each group of people.

The Romans began their religion by believing that spirits took up everything around them and that their ancestors watched over them in everything they did. The Romans began to believe in Major Greek gods such as Mars, Quirinus,

Greek vs. Egyptian Religion There aren’t many similarities of Greek and Egyptian religions but there are a few. They are both a polytheistic religion, which means that they believe in more than one deity. The gods they worshipped were to believe to have a specific kind of power or domain that they ruled over. They had ideas about how things came into being and how the earth and nature was formed. They built temples to honor their gods as well as a vision of an “after-life”, or life after death.

Since the Invention of the spoken language humans have told stories. Over hundreds of years, these stories were spread and changed. William Blake believed that all myths and religions started from the same place. That two completely unrelated sets of beliefs, like the Greeks and the Christians, could have many similarities. The two certainly have their differences but, also have a plethora of parallels.

Roman religion is the belief in the numina (divine powers), which control all natural affairs. It is systems of worship, which must be observed precisely and correctly to at least placate at best, enlist help from those powers.

How many in this world dare say that their god is ever present? From the dawn of mankind to the erection of the mighty skyscrapers, man has looked at the skies and asked themselves: is there something greater out there? Man has asked this question for millennia yet has come no closer to discovering the answer; the same struggle his ancestors faced long ago. Come the modern age near the turn of the century, a new philosophy began to come into fruition that with the prevalence of scientific reasoning and understanding would preclude the coming end of the religious convictions of Christianity itself.1 Yet, in this modern age, with cellular devices, vehicles that can take us from one side of the world to the other in a matter of days if not weeks,

Although culture and history have lived far longer than religion, the three have become practically synonymous due to the conflicts, structures, and scriptures that have been created throughout the world’s timeline due to religion. In 1096, the First Crusade was fought between Christian and Muslim groups; each was battling for Jerusalem, the holy city. The Second, Third, and Fourth Crusades soon followed as the Muslims and Christians struggled to settle their differences, and hold truce. Currently, in the twenty-first century, religious groups are still in conflict. In 2015, a French magazine company, Charlie Hebdo, was attacked by Islamist extremists for printing a drawing of Muhammad, who is never supposed to be pictured. Throughout the world, there are temples, churches, statues, pagodas, mosques, synagogues, and many other structures with religious and historical significance.

Rome’s religion originally included many Greco-Roman deities. The Romans believed that a person could be granted prosperity if a state priest conducted a ritual that connected that person to the deities. The Romans also had a high tolerance rate of different religions. They also wanted a greater spiritual and emotional feeling, which is why many of them were attracted to the eastern mystery religions, which promised an extraordinary afterlife. At the same time, the Romans made Judea, a Jewish kingdom, one of their provinces. The Jews soon became divided into two groups: the Essenes (who believed they would be saved by a Messiah) and the Zealots (who believed in boldly bringing an end to Roman rule). The Jews eventually did revolt, but the

•The two main beliefs of the Greeks were that the gods existed, and that the gods required the people to do rituals and sacrifices. In this culture it was dangerous to contradict the existence of a god. The 12 major gods were called the Olympians, and their names were Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hephaestus, Hermes, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon and Zeus. They also believed that the gods had chosen Mount Olympus as their home. Believers of this religion did not believe in life after death, especially in regard to retributions or rewards. However, they believed that they were given by the gods what they deserved in life. They thought that their successes proved that a god was pleased, at least for the time-being; every catastrophe

In the beginning of Roman culture they believed in many different gods and goddesses. These gods were like people, but with powers to control people of things. Each god had different powers to control different things. The romans also dedicated most of their life to this religion to worship the gods and