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The Roman deities most widely known today are those the Romans identified with Greek counterparts, integrating Greek myths, iconography, and sometimes religious practices into Roman culture, including Latin literature, Roman art, and religious life as it was experienced throughout the Roman Empire. Many of the Romans' own gods remain obscure ...
This glossary provides explanations of concepts as they were expressed in Latin pertaining to religious practices and beliefs, with links to articles on major topics such as priesthoods, forms of divination, and rituals. For theonyms, or the names and epithets of gods, see List of Roman deities. For public religious holidays, see Roman festivals.
In ancient Roman religion, the indigitamenta were lists of deities kept by the College of Pontiffs to assure that the correct divine names were invoked for public prayers. . These lists or books probably described the nature of the various deities who might be called on under particular circumstances, with specifics about the sequence of invocat
Deified ancient Roman men (2 C, 7 P) H. Helper gods of Ceres (12 P) ... Pages in category "Roman gods" The following 95 pages are in this category, out of 95 total.
Personal name or forename chosen by the parents of a Roman child. Procoe Terracotta flask or beaker. [2] Protome Adornment that takes the form of the head and upper torso of either a human or an animal. Pudicitia Modesty, chastity, or sexual virtue, a central concept in ancient Roman sexual ethics. Punteggiato regolare
Deified ancient Roman people (3 C) Dii Consentes ... Personifications in Roman mythology (5 C, 53 P) R. Roman temples by deity (11 C, 52 ... List of Roman ...
List of deities by classification; Lists of deities by cultural sphere; List of fictional deities; List of goddesses; List of people who have been considered deities; see also Apotheosis, Imperial cult and Sacred king; Names of God, names of deities of monotheistic religions
In ancient Roman religion, agricultural deities were thought to care for every aspect of growing, harvesting, and storing crops. Preeminent among these are such major deities as Ceres and Saturn, but a large number of the many Roman deities known by name either supported farming or were devoted solely to a specific agricultural function.