contrast between greek and roman religion

In the early Roman time their religion was greatly influenced by the former Greek pantheon. In turn the Roman and Greek pantheon have a lot in common; in fact practically the only difference between them is that the gods have different names. But in the later Roman age the religion of Christianity came up and became a bigger religion as the Roman Empire adopted it. source


The earlier Roman religion was that of a pagan religion. The Romans acquired a lot of things from the Greek and religion was one of them. In the Greek religion there are many gods just as in the Roman. However the Greek gods names are very different from the Roman gods names despite this their roles and what they do are the same. source (Lanciani)


The Roman and Greek had many things in common so much so that they even did many of the same practices and traditions in how to worship and honor their gods. A major part in practicing the Roman religion were the Vestal Virgins and they were required to do many things for the religion but were very honored for it. However the Roman pagan religion started showing signs of being broken up and at this time a new religion came on the scene in which the Romans were very affected by. source (Lanciani)


This new religion was of Christianity. It was not extremely well liked by the Romans but definitely affected them. During the reign of Nero the Christians were awfully persecuted and blamed for the horrible things. But later the Bishop of Rome gained authority over all Roman religion and this is where the Romans had officially adopted Christianity, even though the Roman Empire fell less than 200 years later. source (Chadwick)


The Roman and Greek pantheon were very the same in the beginning but as time went on other religions affected the Romans in what they believe. Even though the Greek affected Rome in the beginning others had more of an influence in the end. This transition happens to many societies through-out history. source (Chadwick)


Books:
Lanciani, Rodolfo. Wandering Through Ancient Roman Churches. Kessinger pub co;
Chicago:2003


Chadwick, Henry. The Church in Ancient Society: From Galilee to Gregory the Great.
Oxford University Press; USA: 2003