Aside from the spirits, worshipped privately at home, the Romans had a large number of public gods. Many gods were believed to have taken part in the founding of Rome. All were consulted and ...

Some of these Greek gods shared Roman names and acquired some Roman characteristics. But many others were simply accepted as they were. The Gods of Mount Olympus According to Greek mythology ...

Hello, my name’s Anita, my mum's a history ... Jupiter, for example, was very similar to the Greek god Zeus. Statue of the Roman god, Mars, at the Capitoline Museums, Rome.

While the “frivolous East” may have been happy to venerate men as though they were gods ... comes from ancient Greek, and ...