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I. Thesis
A. Religion is always changing
B. Can’t tell what will happen
C. Always open to change
II. Roman Mythology
A. Why Did They Believe In Mythology?
1. Maintain pax deorum
2. Ensure prosperity of the world
3. Gods ensured the fate of the World
B. How Was Rome Founded?
1. Story A – Romulus and Remus
a. Were sons of Mars and Rhea Silvia
b. Great Uncle puts them in Tiber river to die – Uncle
did not want them to have power
c. Found by Sheppard and wife
d. Created the city of Rome
e. Romulus kills Remus and becomes first ruler
f. Dated 753 BCE
2. Story B- Aeneas
a. Son of Venus and Anchises
b. Aeneas came from Troy
c. Was a Trojan Survivor
d. Left to Carthage
i. Queen Dido fell in love with him
ii. Abandoned her and set of home
e. Why?
i. Was thought to be true during 3rd century
BCE
ii. Rome wanted to look larger than life
iii. Created connections to Greek figures
from Trojan War
3. Tying up the strings
a. 400 year difference between the two stories
b. Virgil states that Aeneas married Lavinia, and was
ancestor of Romulus and Remus
4. The Seven Kings
a. First Seven Rulers of Rome
b. Many stories about them
c. Rape of Sabines
i. Romulus needs more wives
ii. He goes to the neighboring city
iii. Captures women
iv. War and then peace, women liked
Romans
v. Final Name: Rome
d. Numa Pompilus
i. First to think about Religion and
Mythology
ii. Depicted as priest with long beard
e. Ancus Martius
i. The conqueror
ii. Gained land for Rome
f. Servius Tullius
i. 6th King
ii. Counted
I. People
II. Exports
III. Imports
C. The Roman Gods
1. Gods in Early Rome
a. No Distinguished Form
i. Human
ii. Animal
iii. Plant
iv. Hybrid
b. Simple with association with places
c. Worshiped without images for 170 years
d. 6th century with greek influence, human form gods
e. Same time Temples were created
f. Gods
i. Personality not important
ii. Emphasis on duties
iii. Explained life as it was
iv. Created Routines
g. The Three Powerful Gods in Early Rome
i. Jupiter
I. Similar to Zeus
II. Ruled the Sky
III. Could harness thunder and
lightning
IV. Protector of Roman People
ii. Mars
I. Similar to Ares
II. Son of Jupiter (In Greek Religion)
III. Explanation of Different Roman
and Greek Morals
iii. Quirinus
I. Not Well Known
II. References with Sabine people
III. Later noted as Romulus, who
became a god
2. The Etruscans Send In Their Finest
a. Dynasty of Etruscan Kings during 6th century BCE
b. Rome was influenced by their gods
c. Inserted them into Parthenon
d. Worshiped them on Capitoline Hill.
e. Gods known as Capitoline Triad
i. Jupiter
I. Still had control over roman stae
ii. Juno
I. Protector of Women
II. Protector of Marriage
III. Protector of Childbirth
iii. Minerva
I. Connected to Greek goddess
Athena
II. Goddess of Handicrafts
III. Goddess of Artisans
f. Women in the Parthenon
3. The Roman Republic Influences The Parthenon
a. The Capitoline temple was the most important
i. Governors took vows to respect it as they
left to provinces
ii. Sacrifices were made to the temple
b. Roman World Brings in More People
i. Mostly Greek
ii. Others (ex. Phoenicians)
iii. Spot outside the city center
c. Castor and Polydeuces
i. Supposedly had fought at Lake Regillus
ii. Earliest battle of the Roman Republic
d. 5 Century Gods
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