Several civilizations had an influence on Roman religion. The largest is probably ancient Greece. Many of the Roman gods have Greek equivalents (ex. Zeus=Jupiter). Another important early influence came from the Etruscans (from the area north of Rome). The third would probably be Egypt.
There are also civilizations that influenced Greek religion, which in turn influenced Roman, like Summerian, but that makes the list longer.
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In many ways. The main one being that we named the planets and the days of the week after their gods.
Providing internal and external security, improving prosperity, maintaining political stability, progressively extending citizenship to the different peoples.
The Ancient Greek civilization served as the foundation for the arts educational systems, language, philosophy, politics, and science in Western Europe. Through the Roman Empire, ancient Greek concepts such as democracy and republic came about.
The Greco-Roman civilization is important to our civilization because it is the basis for our western thinking, ideals, and laws.
the money arts and politcsAncient Greece's Golden Age far preceded Ancient Rome, so it was definitely Greek influence in Rome and not the other way round. The Roman's adopted many Greek habits and ideas (such as their religion - Roman/Greek religion identical, just different names) for many reasons, but especially because the Greeks were seen as be cultured and civilized, and adoption of Greek customs was to impart this same sense of culture and civilization to the "rough" Roman state. Not to mention that it was easier than making up their own!