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It might all be chance, but Ive visited a few Roman religious sites that appear to be built on top of earlier sacred sites and it makes me think that the Romans
by lostlogin 4y ago
It might all be chance, but Ive visited a few Roman religious sites that appear to be built on top of earlier sacred sites and it makes me think that the Romans just slapped their temples down on top of other religious places and carried on with the rituals.
- csomar 4y agoThat pretty much describes almost every civilization I read about. Sometimes, they are even lazier. They'd just re-purpose the church as a mosque or vice-versa. Heck, we had a recent instance of that (hagia sofia)
- tinus_hn 4y agoUnless you kill all the locals chances are they also would like to carry on with their rituals. So a strategy is to mix your own religion with the local rituals and thus absorb the population into your own culture.
- timeon 4y agoMost famous example is Christmas. From winter solstice to black friday.