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De Roman Times
Introduction By: Ohana Garcia-‐Isgut
The Roman’s Religion was based on Greek and Latin religions. It has many of the same gods, and goddesses as
the Greek’s, but their names are different.
The Romans were very superstitious and had many sacrificial ceremonies, and oracles.
Many of the names of the constellations come from the Romans, slice they believed that the starts were the
images of their gods.
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NAMES OF ROMAN GODS AND GODESSES
APOLLO NEPTUNE BACCHUS MINERVA
CERES PLUTO COELUS PROSPERPINA
CUPID SATURN DIANA VENUS
HERCULES VULCAN JUNO JUPITAR LATONA MARS
MERCURY
Roman Ceremonies
The religion of the Ancient Romans included elements of primitive beliefs including magic in the form of various charms and ceremonies. The
Ancient Roman Religion and Ceremonies included the worship of natural objects, the worship of trees and to some small extent the worship of
animals. The Ancient Roman Religion and Ceremonies also included the worship of the household, the worship of the fields and the worship of the
state.
Sacrifices
The Roman ceremonies were based on the belief that if the Gods and Goddesses were happy then Rome and the Romans would receive good fortune. Sacrificial offerings were therefore made to the ancient Roman gods. And according to the sex of the
god/goddess the animal of the same sex was sacrificed. White colored animals were sacrificed to the gods of the upper world and black colored animals to the
underworld.
List of Ceremonies
Magic The Rain Ceremony of
the Aquaelicium Harvest Ceremonies The Worship of Trees and the Spolia Opima
The Worship of Natural Objects
The Worship of the Household Gods
The Worship of the Fields
The Worship of the State
Harvest Ceremony
Harvest ceremonies included the ceremony of the Augurium Canarium during which a red dog was sacrificed for the
prosperity of the crop; also a ceremony involving a pregnant cow, which symbolized the fertility of the earth. This
ceremony was practiced in April.
The romans needed the success of the harvest in order to survive.
Magic Believe it or not, the Romans were big believers in Magic. They asserted that humans had the ability to control the
natural world including events, objects, people and physical phenomena through mystical, paranormal or
supernatural means. They used charms, spells, chanting, sacrifices and various ceremonies in order to control the
natural world. Such as ceremonies to produce rain. They had religious festivals where sacrifices, ribald songs, lewd acts were
also practiced
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The Rain Ceremony of the Aquaelicium
The ceremony was designed to produce rain after a long drought. The ceremony consisted in a procession, headed by the Pontifices, which bore the sacred rain-‐stone the lapis manalis from its resting-‐place by the Porte Catena up to the Capitol. Offerings were made to the sky god Jupiter, together with a symbolic ritual of pouring water over the stone.
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………………. BY Ohana Garcia-Isgut