Roman religion was split in two ... The big three The three most important gods were Jupiter (protector of the state), Juno (protector of women) and Minerva (goddess of craft and wisdom).

A statue of a young woman depicted as the goddess Juno The Roman Empire was polytheistic - this means that people worshipped more than one god. Wealthy and poor Romans shared the same religion ...

Ancient Greek and Roman religion share many similarities ... For example, the Greek Zeus became the Roman Jupiter, Hera became Juno, and Ares became Mars. Apollo was known by the same name ...