Most scientists claim that Romans adopted their gods directly from the Greeks. The reality, however, is more complicated.

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 ...

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, the serious men of the Roman ...