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Inventing is hard work. Not for the Romans! (europe.pub)
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[–] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They even stole the Greek gods.

[–] Skydancer@pawb.social 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And the Etruscan gods. And the Carthaginian gods. And the Egyptian gods. And the ... you get the idea.

[–] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

The Romans even had a standardised ritual for stealing gods from a city they were about to conquer: Evocatio. In the ritual, priests would call upon the enemy god(s) to abandon their city and come to Rome, where they would receive a bigger temple and more devoted worship than in the city about to be conquered.