Roman Religion and Athletics

In the 8th century BC, the ancient Rome developed from a small city to a large empire including Europe, UK, West Asia, North Africa and the majority of the Mediterranean islands. The Roman Empire collapsed in the year 190, but Roman culture is still celebrated today. Ancient Rome is known for its attractive culture, especially its religion and sports. Ancient Rome has a distinctive religious belief and a different faith. "Ligigio" in Latin means "related to it". For the Romans, religion is the binding force between the family, farmers and their rulers, people and spirit.

First of all, since Roman religion is based on Greek religion, there are many similarities between Greek god and Roman god. Greek mythology was established a thousand years ago in Rome. Romans established their religion based on Greek religion. Therefore, Greek and Roman religions are similar in that they are polytheistic. "Polytheism is the faith or worship of many gods." Each culture has over 30 gods. In addition, the names of Greeks and Romans are different, but they have almost the same God. For example, both cultures have Poseidon, the goddess of love, the god of war, the god of wine, and the goddess of wisdom. The important thing is that God exists in Greek and Roman society, he is the king of God. In Greek mythology, the king of the gods is called Zeus, and the Romans call it the King of Jupiter the God. There is also the King of God in the myths of Greece and Rome.

Roman religion is based on Greek religion, but there are many differences among the gods of these societies. Romans did not just accept their religious beliefs from the Greeks. They also changed their religious beliefs according to their own culture. So, when you read Roman and Greek gods and goddesses, you can see that their names are different. The names of the gods given by the Romans were different from the names of Greek gods. Therefore, only a few gods and goddesses in Greece and Rome have similar names. Normally Roman gods and goddesses have names of solar system planets like Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune and Mars. In contrast, Greek gods and goddesses have their own names like Zeus, Hermes, Ares and Hera. For example, the goddess of love is Venus in Roman mythology and Aphrodite in Greek mythology. Romans called Mars, the god of war, the Greeks called it the god of war. Poseidon is called Roman mythology Neptune and is called Poseidon in Greek mythology.