One important part of KS2 history is the culture of Ancient Rome and this is the third of four quizzes on the subject. Specifically it looks at the religion, gods and goddesses of Ancient Rome and its conversion to Christianity.
The religion of the Romans incorporated a belief in a collection of gods and goddesses, each with their own responsibilities. For example, Mars was the god of War and Minerva the goddess of Wisdom. They thought of themselves as highly religious and attributed their success as a world power to their good relations with the gods. However, despite their initial persecution of Christians, by the time of the Fall of Rome most Romans had stopped worshipping the Roman gods and goddesses and had become Christians themselves.
See how much you know about the religion of the Ancient Romans by playing this quiz.
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There were different temples for different gods and goddesses. There were also some temples dedicated to all the gods
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Crucifixes and Bibles came after Rome's conversion to Christianity
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Domestic animals, like pigs, sheep or cattle, were most often sacrificed
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Animals were even sacrificed in order to worship the emperor
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The River Styx had to be crossed to reach the underworld
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Jupiter was the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Zeus
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Venus was the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Aphrodite
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Some of our days of the week and months of the year are also named after Roman gods and emperors
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The Turkish city of Constantinople (recently renamed Istanbul) was named after Constantine
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Constantine was in his forties when he made Christianity the official religion of Rome some time around 315 AD
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