Etruscan and Greek influences on Roman religion

Politeizam u doba antike u svojoj biti bio je vrlo otvoren prema prihvaćanju različitih stranih religijskih kultova i praksi, a u tom pogledu ne odstupa ni stara rimska religija. Ona je u svojim počecima počivala na animističkom poimanju svijeta, koje su se postupno preobražavale u antropomorfne pod utjecajem grčke religije bilo u izravnom doticaju ili posredstvom Etruščana. U ovom diplomskom radu na temelju podataka brojnih antičkih autora ‒ kao što su Marko Terencije Varon, Livije, Ovidije, Plutarh, Svetonije itd. ‒ i na temelju recentne literature predstavit će se osnovne karakteristike arhajske rimske religije te istražiti kada, odnosno zašto su preuzimali pojedina božanstva, a s njima i obrede, na koji su ih način i u kojoj mjeri prilagođavali svojim religijskim poimanjima i praksi.In ancient times, polytheism was very open to the acceptance of various foreign religious cults and customs, and in this respect the ancient Roman religion does not deviate. In its beginnings, it was based on animistic depictions of worldviews, which gradually transformed into anthropomorphic ones under the influence of Greek religion either in direct contact or through the Etruscans. In this paper, based on the data of numerous ancient authors ‒ such as Mark Terence Varon, Livy, Ovid, Plutarch, Suetonius, etc. ‒ and based on the recent literature we will present the basic features of the archaic Roman religion, and explore when and why did they took over individual deities, and with them rituals, and in what way and to what extent they adapted them to their religious notions and customs