Why did Romans take the Gods of Greeks?

[Vivaldi]

Zeus is Jupiter

Aphrodite is Venus

Ares is Mars

Poseidon is Neptune

Hermes is Mercury

Hades is Pluto

[Blueeyes81]

Almost every religion borrows from the ones that came before. When trying to convert a group of people its easier to compare their gods to your gods. The result is a religion that's almost always a mix of the two. All major religions today incorporated pagan holidays and customs at some point.

[Astarlessnightsky]

Every polytheistic religion has a god of the sea, the sun, the afterlife, the harvest, the hubt... These are the most important aspects of life.

[Vivaldi]

It is not that. They are same gods with different names including their children.

[purplepoppy]

It was a way of playing it safe. They often romanised other gods just in case they were powerful. It also worked as a tool to get other nations on your side. You build temples to their god with just a little name change

[jshm2]

White people steal everything they come across. It's always been a White trait to steal, rejig and then call it your own. Steve Jobs even made a company out of doing the same thing.

[strateguy632]

the OPPOSITE they swapd the greek with similar roman ones

[Vivaldi]

Roman gods are Greek gods with different names.