I think it's interesting how some of our traditions originated. We were reading about that some today and yesterday. For instance, the days of the week. Nations translated days of the week from different nations. It started out as gods, then turned into planets, then into gods again, and then finally into what we have today.
Babylonian
__________
__________
Nergal
Nabu
Marduk
Ishtar
Nibib
=
Roman
Sol
Luna
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
=
German and Norse
Sun's Day
Moon's Day
Tiu's Day
Wodan's Day
Thor's Day
Freya's Day
Saturn's Day
=
USA
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Also, Christmas day. Romans celbrated Mithras, or the sun of light on the 25th of December. Christians didn't know what day Jesus was born, and so they took that day and made an excuse: Jesus is the Sun of Righteousness.
We got some wedding traditions from the Romans as well. Brides toss their bouquet while Roman brides toss a torch with which they start a fire at their bride groom's house when they come home.
In both countries the brides wear veils. The cutting of the cake is the same as well. There is a feast afterward. The bridegroom carries the bride over the threshold to the house.
I think these similarities between Roman times and nowadays are interesting.
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