ROMAN RELIGION

WHERE DID IT COME FROM?

• Roman religion was mostly borrowed.
• After they conquered Greece they believed in many of their gods.
• They renamed the gods. Zeus became Jupiter, Poseidon became Neptune Hades became Pluto and so on.
• Romans also believed in more gods such as Isis the Egyptian goddess and Mithra the Syrian God plus more.
• Temple of Juno

WHAT DID ROME DO FOR RELIGION?

• Roman emperor, Augustus used religion for own purpose and popularity. He claimed he was a demigod.
• Romans wanted blessings from the gods so they built temples and statues for them.
• In the temples they prayed and sacrificed a lot of things to honer them, mostly cattle I believe.
• Statue of Jupiter

WHAT DID WE GAIN FROM ROMAN RELIGION?

• Judaism was practiced in the time of the Roman Empire, but just in small groups.
• Christianity originated from Rome. It is said that people did not want to refuse their ideas and let them die, so they decided to conquer Rome.
• Jesus

Bibliography
PBS.org
Historyforkids.org
Wikipedia.org
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