I feel like they stole everything, everything

The thing is, yes, Roman mythology and Greek mythlogy have a common ancestor and since these two religions/cultures are basically neighbours (both in the mediterranean) they obvioulsy have similiarities. Back then when Romans were still a small group they obviously were influenced by Greeks and there was some syncretism. But later when Rome became much much bigger and more powerful *cough* Roman Empire *cough* they ACTIVELY took other gods from other religions to conquer these people easier. They already had their own gods but took other gods either completely or fused them within their own gods to easier conquer territories. It wasn´t just some natural syncretism wiht two groups coming together, it was actually planned colonialism

Watching this video, now I understand that in middle age people were scared from wise people (or is it another misconception?). Your wisdom is scary, thank you for sharing it with us. 6:09 I was wondering where the Slavic BOH came from, thank you for this. I sure don't understand, how this is not viral? It is so well known and interesting topic. Most modern fantasy stories are based on Roman-Greek mythology.

@VincenzoRutiglianoDiaz

2 жыл бұрын

In the Middle ages people were not afraid of wisdom, they literally invented universities. The Kings hired the smartest people in every kingdom to advise them and to write books for them. The rulers were just afraid of rebellion because war so common.

Yes they did

Saying the Romans stole their gods from the Greeks is like saying the Germanic people's and the Romans that converted to Christianity stole Christianity from the people of Judea

@Neater_profile

2 жыл бұрын

It's not the same because germans followed and refieres to Jesus christ by his name and as the same man,with the same story which we know from the same book(the new testament), with the same background and the same image as the original christians did. Romans claimed greek gods as their own and gave them Roman names to as to this allusion.

@shreyanodoyto5975

2 жыл бұрын

They names are basically ment to refer to the same thing also the Roman gods repersented the different values of the Latins

@CatholicSoldierX

2 жыл бұрын

@@Neater_profile Greek gods are the same ones you find in Norse mythology and in India. Romans didn't 'steal' them, they developed their religion, and since they saw Greeks as their equals they took a huge amount of inspiration from them. The gods existed before this, jupiter existed before the time they took that inspiration. It wasn't stealing. Jupiter=Zeus=Odin=god, he is the sky father of our peoples. Other gods matter less and are variations of eachother in different mythology. We all have a common ancestor.

@moritzmartini4132

5 ай бұрын

@@CatholicSoldierX Jupiter in early Roman mythology was not a sky and thunder god, Mars was a war and agricultural god, Minerva was more of a knowledge and arts goddess and Apollo didn´t exist at all. But bc of natural syncretism (in the Romans early days when they were still small) and bc of "colonialism" and conquering territories (in later days when Rome was much bigger and powerful and actively wanted to gain power aka Roman Empire) the Roman gods had now much more similiarities with the Greek Gods. Mars became a total war god, Venus became a big love and beauty and seggs goddess, Minerva became somewhat of a war goddess, Apollo joined the group (Romans didn´t even bother to change the name)