Greek Influence In Ancient Rome

The early Roman domain was quite known through the land; Aggressive, fierce and innovated individuals who were both strong in battle and in society. The Romans considered themselves the best, the people with a strong morality, with the favoritism of the gods themselves; “IV. But the fates, I suppose, demanded the founding of this great city, and the first establishment of an empire, which is now, in power, next to the immortal gods.” Nothing could touch them nor harm them as they were the romans an empire next to the Gods. However the gods that they believed to protect them and even the society that they were so proud of, the cultural disposition they had did not quite belong to them completely. The early romans morphed the religion ideologies and cultural qualities of the other early into their own society thus constructing a prominent hybrid culture. The influence that other societies such as Latin and Etruscans and mostly Greeks had on the Romans were vast as each pillar of the early Roman was based of twisted version of multiple early empires. The romans believed in Religion, the Gods were a part of their lives in such concentration that even the founder of their great empire, Romulus and his late twin brother Remus, were actually the sons of the God of War, Mars. “The vestal being deflowered by force, brought forth twins, and declared that the father of her doubtful offspring was Mars;” From the very beginning it is obvious to see the seeds of early Rome being sowed; The mother, a vestal virgin, was supposedly taken by force, by the God of war, Mars, thus giving birth to offspring who now had the blood of the Gods running through them. The significance of the blood of Mars running through the veins of Romulus is great as it symbolically represents the early romans and their way of thinking and life. They were decedents of the offspring of Mars thus having the favour of the gods and in standing, their empire was akin to that of the immortal deities. From the very beginning early Rome had the presences of the gods, believing that they were favored and since Romulus was the son of Mars, they had their protection. Though, who is the God Mars? In early Roman religious ideology, Mars was based on the ancient Grecian God named Ares. Both Gods were similar, only differentiating in names; He was the Son of Zeus and Hera, or in roman mythology the son of Jupiter and Juno. The gods that the early Romans believed and worshipped were the gods the Ancient Greek, Etruscans and Latin societies worshipped, however the Romans took the gods of their choosing and changed their names, morphing the gods and goddess into their very own version of religion, standing different from the Greeks and other states. The rich, religious impact the God and goddess taken from Ancient Grecian mythology in Early Rome is substantial as their society revolved around these gods; Constructing vast, elegant temples for worship and sacrifices for the gods, in return to better favor the individuals in whatever they chose to do. The Romans may have borrowed these gods from other empires but they had pushed their own beliefs, their own moral upbringing on these gods, renaming them and giving them a false sense of “new” identity. This mix of two and more religions, …show more content…
Everything from their Gods or Deities that they worshipped and believed in, to their architectural structures which were used for theater, for political meetings and temples for the Gods. Using the Grecian society as a guideline per se the Early romans were able to better themselves, creating a new generation of culturally rich and religiously moral, upstanding men to lead their society to even more greatness Early Rome is a hybrid culture, taking what they wanted, a very Romanesque trait, and morphing it to their own benefit and persona. Even though the romans believed themselves to be better, to be on a separate plain as they were the descendants in a way of the god Mars, who was Romulus the founder of early Rome’s alleged father, they were heavily influenced by the ancient