Most scientists claim that Romans adopted their gods directly from the Greeks. The reality, however, is more complicated.
Romulus and Remus were the legendary founders of Rome, but according to ancient records, they were originally Greek.
Over the centuries, the movement of large numbers of people meant that gods from a variety of cultures, including Etruscan and Greek, merged together. As a result, Roman gods were a blend of ...
While the “frivolous East” may have been happy to venerate men as though they were gods, the serious men of the Roman ...
Jupiter, for example, was very similar to the Greek god Zeus. Statue of the Roman god, Mars, at the Capitoline Museums, Rome. Romans took their beliefs very seriously and so most Roman forts would ...
Archaeologist and curator Cecilie Brons makes the discovery after immersing herself in the works of Roman writers such as ...
An ancient Greek snake altar made to appease the gods of the underworld was just unearthed in southern Turkey. Though the ancient city in which it was found is believed to be the birthplace of Santa ...
This new planet is filled with references to Greek and Roman mythology, from its name to its characters and beyond. But these references aren’t just specifically mentioning Greek and Roman gods ...
A recent study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology has revealed a little-explored aspect of ancient art: the use ...