How Did The Greeks Influence Roman Culture

The Roman Empire: one of the most dominant and relentless Civilizations in the world. The Romans were made up of many different backgrounds and ethnicities. Early influence to the Roman Empire were from the Etruscans. Influences from the past civilizations all had an effect on roman culture, for example the Greeks had an influences on roman architecture. The things that romans came up with and invented all came from two groups the Etruscans and the Greeks. One thing that Romans used to build Domes, arches (Etruscans), and columns (Greek) is the invention of Roman concrete. They also used concrete to make baths, temples, and coliseums. During the time of the Roman Empire There were more influences, not just from people but from religions.

Religion in the Roman Civilization changed as time went on. As the Romans were influenced by the Etruscans and Greeks in architecture they also were in religion.

They began to admire the Greeks more and more, the Romans adopted many Greek gods as their own as their religion. But, as time changed the religion changed. As the Romans began to expand more and more they were introduced to different religions. As they expanded to the Middle East and into Egypt they were influenced to many new Gods and cult’s .Some notable religions that influenced the Roman religion were from Greek mythology, Egyptian mythology. But as the time changed and different leaders came into charge their views on religion changed roman culture through the introduction of Judaism and Christianity. Eventually, all of their gods would be in the faint distance, as Christianity started to spread more and more. Some believe that the spread of Christianity could have brought the end to the Roman

Empire.
Romans had a huge impact on the world. They were one of the most powerful Civilizations to this date. They conquered a lot of land and groups as the conquest to make Rome the most powerful civilization. Rome had a goal to be the most powerful group in the world, but only one group stood in their way the Carthaginians. The Carthaginians were a trading group in the Mediterranean Sea. The only the groups stopping them from becoming one most dominant groups were the Carthaginians. Romans wanted to expand its territory. “In 264 BC, the Romans and the Carthaginians had their first war. In a series of three wars, known as the Punic Wars, the Romans eventually defeated the Carthaginians. However, this took over 100 years to accomplish and the wars eventually ended in 146 BC. “(Trueman). This victory made the Romans now the most dominant trading group in the Mediterranean Sea. With all the power and land the romans became scared of revolt and civil war, so they invented games to keep peace. Games that were very popular during this time were Gladiator battles, chariot races, and naval battles. The Idea of these games were to keep peace and keep revolting from happening. In Rome this games were played in a massive Coliseum. People who took in these games were slaves, prisoners of war, these men and woman didn’t just fight to win, they fought because they wanted a chance of freedom. If a Gladiator won many time and were very popular they could have been granted there freedom.

Many things started to take a turn, Rome went in to a lot of civil wars. Many people wanted power and their followers wanted them in power. They would do whatever it took to reach power even if that meant war in the roman civilization itself. One big civil war that took place in the empire was called The Second Triumvirate. The war was thought to be an act of avenging Caesars death.” The men who murdered Caesar considered themselves as “liberators” of the republic” (Morey). The assassination took place because men in senate did not think Caesar should have power in Rome.
Many People have different viewpoints on why they believe that the Romans starting to fall.

The Fall of Rome could have been many things. Some believe it was the invasion of barbarians, economic problems, weaker military and Christianity. “Christianity displaced the polytheistic Roman religion, which viewed the emperor as having a divine status, and also shifted focus away from the glory of the state and onto a sole deity. Meanwhile, popes and other church leaders took an increased role in political affairs, further complicating governance. “(Andrews). Some historians believe that the change of customs and beliefs destroyed The Roman Empire. The fall of the Roman Empire did not happen all at one time. The Roman Empire was split into two parts: the eastern and western Empire. “The Emperor Diocletian divided the empire into halves with the Eastern Empire governed out of Byzantium (later Constantinople) and the Western Empire governed from Rome. Both sections were known equally as `The Roman Empire’ although, in time, the Eastern Empire would adopt Greek instead of Latin and would lose much of the character of the traditional Roman Empire.”(Mark). The Romans lasting close to 1400 years. “Though the western half of the Roman Empire crumbled and fell in 476, the eastern half survived for 1,000 more years, spawning a rich tradition of art, literature and learning and serving as a military buffer between the states of Europe and the threat of invasion from Asia. The Byzantine

Empire finally fell in 1453, after an Ottoman army stormed Constantinople during the reign of Constantine XI.”(History). The Romans will always be one of the best civilizations in the world.