religious impacts
Househeld practices.
Religion had a huge impact on the people of ancient Rome because they believed that they had to please their gods and they had to rid themselves of evil spirits. Because of this very many houses had house fires where they would light a fire to prevent the bad spirits and they believed that if the is fire went out then bad terrible things would happen to them. The entire family would help to tsp it from going out and the man had the job of keeping ti alight during night time so they wouldn’t be attacked by the evil in their sleep. De Coulanges (25) states "The fire ceased to glow only when the entire family had died. Keeping the fire going was connected to an ancient belief.”
There were countless things that had to go exactly to plan when it came to their sacred fire for example they could only light it on special wood and on special coals. This is one of the more used family practiced religion because it made the people of the home feel safe there are countless numbers of evidence of this for example when De Coulanges (25) states “The families adored the sacred fire. They believed it to have the power to bring them good health as well as protection. In return, the Romans made offerings of flowers, wine, victims, and fruit. Whenever the people were in trouble they gathered around the fire and looked to it for protection.”
Religion had a huge impact on the people of ancient Rome because they believed that they had to please their gods and they had to rid themselves of evil spirits. Because of this very many houses had house fires where they would light a fire to prevent the bad spirits and they believed that if the is fire went out then bad terrible things would happen to them. The entire family would help to tsp it from going out and the man had the job of keeping ti alight during night time so they wouldn’t be attacked by the evil in their sleep. De Coulanges (25) states "The fire ceased to glow only when the entire family had died. Keeping the fire going was connected to an ancient belief.”
There were countless things that had to go exactly to plan when it came to their sacred fire for example they could only light it on special wood and on special coals. This is one of the more used family practiced religion because it made the people of the home feel safe there are countless numbers of evidence of this for example when De Coulanges (25) states “The families adored the sacred fire. They believed it to have the power to bring them good health as well as protection. In return, the Romans made offerings of flowers, wine, victims, and fruit. Whenever the people were in trouble they gathered around the fire and looked to it for protection.”
Sacrafices
In ancent Rome they believed in providing for their gods/goddesses so they had strong beliefs in dying fro them which lead to many sacrafices of food, clothing, animals and sometimes even humans. They would perfrom a ritual and if it was something that was alive they would spill it's throught but if it was an item they were commanly known for throwing it into fire. This would impact huge numbers of Romans as for it would force them to sacrafice thier items, food, stock or even loved ones or themselves for thier religion.
In ancent Rome they believed in providing for their gods/goddesses so they had strong beliefs in dying fro them which lead to many sacrafices of food, clothing, animals and sometimes even humans. They would perfrom a ritual and if it was something that was alive they would spill it's throught but if it was an item they were commanly known for throwing it into fire. This would impact huge numbers of Romans as for it would force them to sacrafice thier items, food, stock or even loved ones or themselves for thier religion.