Roman Mythology
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• The Romans based their religion
on Greek Mythology
–They were also polytheistic
–Many of the gods/goddesses were
the same, but the Romans
changed their names
–The gods explained human
qualities and life events
The Roman Gods
Roman God
Greek God
Represents
Jupiter
Zeus
God of light and sky
Juno
Hera
Queen of the Gods
Apollo
Apollo
God of healing
Diana
Artemis
Goddess of Fertility
Minerva
Athena
Goddess of wisdom
Aphrodite
Goddess of love and
beauty
Venus
Jupiter
• God of
light and
sky
• Supreme
ruler of the
gods
Juno
• Queen
of the
Gods
Apollo
•God of
music,
light and
healing
Diana
• Goddess of
fertility and
hunt
Minerva
• Goddess
of
Wisdom
Venus
• Goddess
of love
and
beauty
Roman Literature
• Virgil – wrote the
Aeneid
– A Latin epic
– legendary story of
Aeneas, a Trojan
who traveled to
Italy where he
became the
ancestor of the
Romans
Architecture
• Romans brought many new ideas to
architecture
• Taught by the Etruscans
3.Cement
2. Baked Brick
1. Arch
Roman Arch
• A way to make a doorway or window
with no beams
Keystone
Aqueducts
• River water was
dirty with sewage
• Aqueducts
brought clean
water to cities
from far nearby
hills
Pantheon
• Temple built
roman gods
for the seven
Coliseum
• An ancient sports
arena in the shape of
an oval stadium
– Had mock battles
where over 10,000
slaves, prisoners
or volunteers were
killed
• Could hold over
50,000 spectators
Pictures Cited
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Slide 1 –
http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/events/statecompetitions/webawards/winners2006/secondary/10/images/Atlantis_lg.jp
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Slide 4 – http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/842/25073560.JPG
Slide 5 –
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Juno_Receiving_the_Fead_of_Argos_WGA.jpg/526pxJuno_Receiving_the_Fead_of_Argos_WGA.jpg
Slide 6 – http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Myth/Images/apollo.gif
Slide 7 – http://www.studiorhi.com/images/artwork/color/Diana.jpg
Slide 8 – http://www.solarsabbath.org/athena.jpg
Slide 9 – http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/images/mlw_0001_0004_0_img0203.jpg
Slide 10 – http://www.historywiz.com/images/rome/amortiepolo.jpg
Slide 11 – http://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/outreach/events/aeneid.jpg,
http://images.easyart.com/i/prints/rw/en_easyart/lg/3/0/Virgil-Reading-the-Aeneid-to-Livia-Octavia-and-Augustus-c1812-Jean-Auguste-Ingres-303943.jpg
Slide 12 – http://www.cdnarchitect.com/asf/principles_of_enclosure/enclosure_typologies/images/romanarch.gif,
http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3554662/2/istockphoto_3554662_bricks.jpg,
http://www.icwhen.com/charley/osprey_lakes/photos/08140065b.JPG
Slide 13 – http://www.keystonesearch.com/images/keystone_arch.jpg
Slide 14 –
http://www.eriding.net/media/photos/geography/comenius_pr/france/saintes/050722_jmason_mp_geo_saint_0034.jpg
Slide 15 – http://www.widerange.org/images/large/tunnelBridge.jpg
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Slide 17 –http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~mthoreso/photo_gallery/Miscellany/slides/Roman%20Aqueduct.jpg
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Slide 18 – http://www.wayfaring.info/images/The_Pont_du_Gard_Roman_Aque.gif
Slide 19 – http://www.feelmadrid.com/photo142.jpg
Slide 20 – http://www.destination360.com/europe/france/pantheon.php
Slide 21 –
http://thecoinshop.maltaexpo.com/filebank/imagebank/05/IL%20PANTHEON%20(Large).JPG
Slide 22 –
http://intranet.arc.miami.edu/rjohn/images/HadrianicArchitecture/Dome%20view%20Pantheon.j
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Slide 23 – http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/21/A70-10644
Slide 24 –
http://www.pacificedits.com/Voyages/Italy/Coliseum%20and%20Forum/Images/Coliseum_outsi
de.JPG
Slide 25 – http://www.markmallett.com/blog/wp-images/Coliseum2_1.jpg
Slide 26 - http://img1.jurko.net/wall/paper/gladiator_8.jpg
Slide 27 –http://www.cineclub.de/images/2000/gladiator_2.jpg
Slide 28 – http://zepfanman.com/images/gladioat.jpg
Slide 29 - http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/gladiator.jpg