ROMAN RELIGION

ROMAN RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

• Important in everyday life
• Many gods
• God cause everything

IMPORTANT IN EVERYDAY LIFE

• Everything had a god
• Worshiped for every event
• Sacrifices were made, people were lost!
• Gods controlled their life

MANY GODS

• Most important god is jupliter
• Emperor augusts considered a god
• Priests would sacrifice animals
• Temples for gods throughout rome

GOD CAUSE EVERYTHING

• People prayed to gods for eveything
• Gods control their life
• Lots of time spent worshiping
• Centred around gods

ROMAN CULTURE INFLUENCE

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• Gods in rome came from Greece
• Italians and etruscans introduced new gods
• St. Paul introduced christianity
• Middle eastern cults introduced their cultures

GOVERNMENT INFLUENCE

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• Emperor augustus considered a god
• emperors retained religious authority
• Priests were high in rank
• Kings pray to gods for good fortune
• Emperor chose the religion of rome

CONCLUSION

• Religion ties to government
• Roman religion was important everywhere
• Emperors chose the religion

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