How Did Greek Influence Roman Civilization

Jaime Pacheco
Professor Witthaus
Humanities 1111
11 November 2017
Greek Influence Ancient Greece played a huge role in almost every aspect of the Roman Empire. This influence is seen in areas such as art, religion, literature, philosophy and architecture. Greek influence is present in many Roman buildings. The Romans borrowed the blueprint of Greek columns and integrated it into their own design for numerous buildings. Although the Romans have their own design of columns, most of them are inspired by Grecian columns. Plenty of Roman buildings imitate Greek’s style of architecture. An example of this would be the Maison Carrée which is in Nîmes, France. This Roman building looks very similar to a Greek shrine. This building was built in around

The Romans borrowed many gods from the Greeks, sometimes putting their own spin or minor change to a god to make it their own. An example of this would be the Roman god Jupiter. Jupiter is known as the god of the sky and thunder. Any area that lightning struck was declared Jupiter’s property. Jupiter is very similar to the Greek god Zeus, who is a sky god and also controls lightning. Minerva, the Roman goddess is very similar to the Greek goddess Athena. Minerva is the goddess of poetry, wisdom, war and medicine. Minerva is usually portrayed in statues holding a shield and spear to represent her wisdom in war. Athena is also the goddess of war, wisdom, mathematics and law to name a few. Athena is the daughter of Zeus. Minerva was the daughter of Jupiter, sticking with the close resemblance to their Greek predecessors. Juno the Roman goddess is the goddess of childbirth and marriage and is usually connected with all of the aspects of women life, she is also married to Jupiter. The Roman goddess is similar to the Greek goddess Hera, wife of Zeus. The Roman gods were so similar to the Greek gods that the Romans believed they were the same gods with different