ANCIENT ROME RELIGION

Mythology

•Olympian Gods-

•Twelve Olympians• Aphrodite, Dememter• Apollo. Dionysus• Ares, Hephaestus• Artemis, Hera• Athena, Hermes• Poseidon, Zues

The Twelve great gods of the Greeks were known as the Olympians. Together they presided over every aspect of human life.

Mythology

•TitansThe Titans, also known as the elder gods, ruled the earth before the Olympians over threw them. The ruler of the Titans was Cronus who was de-throne by his son Zeus. Most of the Titans fought with Cronus against Zeus and were punished by being banished to Tartarus. During their rule the Titans were associated with the various planets.

Mythology

•Myths

The Romans worshiped thousands of gods. As they expanded their empire, they discovered new gods worshiped by other cultures. When they ran into a god that sounded interesting, they adopted it.

When they discovered the Greek gods, they adopted them all. They gave the Greek gods Roman names, and acted as if they had been Roman gods all along.

Mythology

• Creatures • Argus Panoptes• Chimaera• Cyclopes• Echidna• Hecatoncheires• Giants• Gorgons• Medusa• Ash Tree Nymphs• Typhoeus

Paganism

Pagan religions believed in many gods and generally worshipped the earth, sea, sun, sky and various other elements of nature. The Romans were polytheistic and much of their lives were spent in a effort to please their gods. This was because ancient Romans believed that their gods had great influence over their daily lives. the Romans believed that certain rituals and rites must be performed in appreciation of the gods. As the religion progressed, so too did the rituals, this made it necessary to form priesthood’s with specific rituals and traditions. The ancient Roman religion is one of the better known pagan religions.

Paganism: Rise

The ancient Roman religion is one of the most well known pagan religions. It was worshipped not only by the Romans, but by the various communities which were taken into the Roman empire. These communities added to the state religion with their own specific beliefs until it was a truly diverse religion. Throughout the modern world, the ancient roman religion is known as one of the world’s first and most famous pagan religions. It is the Roman and the Greek religions which are the basic from modern pagans take their beliefs.

Christianity

• Christianity- The third commandment came into order. The Rome empire found out how they had to convince the other half from the paganism into Christianity.

• Which led to huge controversy.

Christianity

-Jesus Christ was born in Palestine, then part of the Roman Empire. In about 26 A.D. he began to preach, telling people that he was the son of God.

-29 A.D. Jesus was killed by the Romans for inciting rebellion against Rome. He was crucified, which was a common and gruesome death. The followers of Jesus were soon given the nickname “Christians”.

During the first century CE, a new religion took hold in Rome. It was called Christianity. The followers of Christianity were called Christians. Christians believed in one god. They refused to worship the Roman gods. In ancient Rome, that was against the law. Christians were hunted as criminals. In spite of persecution, Christians grew in numbers rapidly. Christians actively looked for converts. They told others about the benefits of being Christian. Christians came from every walk of life in ancient Rome, but Christianity had great appeal to Rome's poor.

Christianity