The Roman mythology has two types of creation, both originating from the Greek. Some believe it was created around the 12th century BC. The legend says that after the war between Greece and Asia, Aeneas, a strong soldier of the Greek royal army, won the battle against Asia and then decided to leave for Carthage. There, the Queen Dido fell in love with him. Aeneas left her to travel to Italy, where he found Rome. From there, Aeneas knowing the gods from his culture decided to create a new mythology with new gods: Roman mythology.
The other type of creation of the Roman mythology consists of two men from Greece, Romulus and Remus, the sons of the God Mars and a mortal woman named Rhea Silvia. When their parents died the uncle decided to kill the two brothers so he could receive the power of their father, the God Mars. In the conflict, Remus died but Romulus escaped to a new city named Rome, where he became its first king. “The date that Romulus founded Rome was 753 BC” (Varro).
The Roman Gods also are very different from the Greek. First of all, the names of gods are drastically separate. In Roman mythology the god of the underworld is Pluto. The god of the sea is Neptune.
The other type of creation of the Roman mythology consists of two men from Greece, Romulus and Remus, the sons of the God Mars and a mortal woman named Rhea Silvia. When their parents died the uncle decided to kill the two brothers so he could receive the power of their father, the God Mars. In the conflict, Remus died but Romulus escaped to a new city named Rome, where he became its first king. “The date that Romulus founded Rome was 753 BC” (Varro).
The Roman Gods also are very different from the Greek. First of all, the names of gods are drastically separate. In Roman mythology the god of the underworld is Pluto. The god of the sea is Neptune.
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The Greek Mythology was created long before the Roman Mythology. Around the years of 2000 BC, Atlantis rose up, created by Timaus and Critias, a powerful man and woman, whose origin no one knows. God Timaus and the Goddess Critias are cited in many stories about the beginning of the Greek Mythology. Like the Roman Mythology people presume that it was created from beliefs of ancient population that lived before them. Some believe the creation of the Greek Mythology was created from the Egyptians who lived before them and also believed in different gods. If we pretend that the Romans took the idea for their mythology from the Greek Mythology, we can suppose that the Greek Mythology was created from Egyptian’s beliefs and myths.In Greek mythology the names of gods and Goddesses are different from those of the Roman. The god of the underworld is Hades. The god of the sea is Poseidon.